My question is: Janessa has a plan to give her brother Dexter his first collection of baseball cards. She currently has 4 cards in addition to the 13 that her father gave her. She ordered a collection of 36 cards from eBay. After inspecting the cards she found 4 cards are in bad shape and decides to throw them away. Janessa ended up giving Dexter 29 cards. How many cards did Janessa keep for herself? Your thoughts:
Janessa starts with 4 cards + 13 cards = 17 cards. She adds 17 cards + 36 cards = 53 cards from the eBay purchase. Janessa decides to throw away 53 cards - 4 cards = 49 cards due to damage. After giving Dexter the present we know that Janessa kept 49 cards - 29 cards = 20 cards for herself. The final answer: 20.