Alex has some toy cars in a box. After he takes 26 cars out of the box, there are 19 cars in the box. How many toy cars were in the box to start?

1 Answer
Mar 13, 2018

Alex had #45# toy cars to start.

Explanation:

This problem can be solved in one easy step: put the toy cars back in the box.

If there are now #19# cars in the box, put back the #26#, and you have #45# because:

# 19 + 26= 45#