SOLUTION: I typed my email address wrong on my last question. 4th grade grandson has a question on his homework. Something like this--Joe had 7 more pencils than Jack, and they had 29 in a

Question 399712: I typed my email address wrong on my last question.
4th grade grandson has a question on his homework. Something like this--Joe had 7 more pencils than Jack, and they had 29 in all. How many did each boy have? I said 11 + 18 but I don't know how to tell him how to find the answer. Can you give me steps or an equation to show how to find the answer?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
?+?+7=29
2*?=22
divide 22 by 2
?=11
?+7=18
I used question makes for the unknown amounts
almost like setting up an algebra problem.
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