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Lesson 12: Word problems within 100
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Word problems within 100
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2-step subtraction word problems within 100

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Problem

A pet rescue has 87 animals. 41 of the animals are dogs and 32 are cats. The rest of the animals are rabbits.
How many rabbits does the pet rescue have?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
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