5 Mina bought 472 pounds of cheddar cheese She used 173 pounds to make
sandwiches. How much cheese does she
have left?

299 pounds of cheese are left with her.

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solution:

here,

cheese mina brought=472pounds

cheese she used=173pounds

now,

cheese left with her=(472-173)pounds

                                  =299 pounds

299 cheese

Step-by-step explanation:

  472

-  173

299

2 cannot take away 3 so you borrow from the 7 and 7 becomes 6 you add the 1 you took from 7 place with 2 and becomes twelve, twelve take away 3 is 9, 6 cannot take away from 7 so you borrow from 4 and 4 becomes 3 and you add 1 to the 6 and becomes 16, 16 take away 7 is 9, 3-1 is 2.

There your answer is 299

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