Joanna have 3 more books in her backpack than Sophie. If Sophie has n books, how many does Joanna have?

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Answer 1

Oliver, don't let letters in math confuse you. They are simply placeholders, instead of saying 3 + ____ = 9, we say 3 + t = 9, what is t?

 

We can combine the same letters, but not with numbers. If I said Sophie has 8 books, you'd say Joanna has 8 + 3 = 11 books. Joanna instead has n + 3 books. That's your final answer.