Unit 11 · Algebraic / Equation Reasoning
Freezetown Class — How Many Children Arrived?
Lesson 4 of 4
About this lesson
15 beanies, 8 scarves, 12 gloves — 35 items, but far fewer than 35 children. All scarves also have gloves. Half of scarves also have beanies. You need to count each child exactly once by placing them into non-overlapping groups and adding up.
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Question
When the children in Freezetown arrived for class yesterday, the teacher saw that 15 were wearing beanies, 8 were wearing scarves and 12 were wearing gloves.
On closer inspection, he could see that all of the children wearing scarves were also wearing gloves, and that half of the children with a scarf also had a beanie. There were 4 children wearing a beanie who also had gloves but no scarf. There were 2 children with no beanie, no scarf and no gloves.
How many children arrived for class yesterday?
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