Question 1174031
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Tony collects football cards. He has 123 cards now. He gave his friend 9 cards. Then he bought 5 more cards.
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The description is fit with only one question, which is, how many did he start with?  Already given is he has "123 cards now."


He started before "now" with N cards.
{{{highlight_green(N-9+5=123)}}}---------very simple to solve.