Lily has 3 boxes of crayons. Each box has 8 crayons. How many crayons does Lily have in total? How many would she have if she gave her friend Riley 4 crayons?
How many crayons Lily have total? How many would she have if she shares with Riley?
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Leslie M. answered 09/23/25
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Lily has 3 boxes of crayons. Each box has 8 crayons. How many crayons does Lily have in total? How many would she have if she gave her friend Riley 4 crayons?
This question has two parts.
Part #1
How many crayons Lily have total?
3 X 8 = 24 or 8 + 8 + 8 = 24 total crayons
Part #2
How many would she have if she shares with Riley?
24-4 =20 crayons left
Here is the base question: Lily has 3 boxes of crayons. Each box has 8 crayons. How many crayons does Lily have in total? How many would she have if she gave her friend Riley 4 crayons?
Part 1: How many crayons does Lily have in total?
To answer this question, we need to first look at the description.
We know that:
1: Lily has 3 boxes of crayons. [] [] []
2: Each box has 8 crayons inside. [IIIIIIII]
To solve this problem, we must multiply 3 x 8, which equals 24, so Lily has 24 crayons in total. [IIIIIIII] [IIIIIIII] [IIIIIIII]
Part 2: How many would she have if she gave her friend Riley 4 crayons?
In the previous part, we determined Lily had 24 crayons in total. If she gives 4 to Riley, we would need to do 24-4, which equals 20. If Lily gives 4 of her crayons to Riley, she would have 20 crayons left.
Michele W. answered 07/14/25
Experienced Certified Teacher (25+ years ) /Tutor Elementary Math
Focus Question: Lily has 3 boxes of crayons. Each box has 8 crayons. How many crayons does Lily have in total? How many would she have if she gave her friend Riley 4 crayons?
This is a 2 step problem to solve.
Step 1: Find the total number of crayons Lily has.
- Lily has 3 boxes of crayons. 📦📦📦
- Each box contains 8 crayons. 🖍️🖍️🖍️🖍️🖍️🖍️🖍️🖍️
- To find the total, we multiply:
- 👉 3×8=24
- ✅ So, Lily has 24 crayons in total.
Step 2: Subtract the crayons she gave to her friend Riley. 🎁
- Lily gives 4 crayons to Riley. 🖍️🖍️🖍️🖍️
- We subtract that from the total:
- 👉 24−4=20
- ✅ So, after giving 4 crayons to Riley, Lily has 20 crayons left.
Final Answer:
- Total crayons before giving any away: 24
- Crayons left after giving 4 to Riley: 20
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Siddhant K. answered 07/10/25
Sid: Experienced Personable Tutor | CS + Finance Background
Lily has 3 boxes. Each box has 8 crayons.
To find out how many crayons she has in total, you multiply:
3 × 8 = 24 ( | | | | | | | | ) ( | | | | | | | | ) ( | | | | | | | | )
So, Lily has 24 crayons.
If she gives 4 crayons to her friend Riley, you subtract:
24 − 4 = 20 ( | | | | | | | | ) ( | | | | | | | | ) ( | | | | | | | | )
Lily would have 20 crayons left after sharing with Riley.
Answer:
Lily has 24 crayons in total. If she gives 4 to Riley, she will have 20 crayons left.
Becca D. answered 07/10/25
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3 Boxes, 8 crayons each
3 * 8 = 24
Lily has 24 crayons.
If she shares 4 crayons with Riley...
24 crayons - 4 crayons = 20 crayons.
Lily has 20 crayons after sharing.
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Ryan F.
1) Total number of crayons (step-by-step arithmetic) You can think of the total as either multiplication or repeated addition. Repeated addition (digit-by-digit): 8 + 8 = 16. 16 + 8 = 24. So the total is 24 crayons. Multiplication check: 3 × 8. 3 × 8 = 24. (One digit times one digit → 24.) 2) If she gives Riley 4 crayons We subtract 4 from the total: Start with 24 crayons. Compute 24−4 24−4 digit-by-digit: Units: 4 − 4 = 0 Tens: 2 − 0 = 2 Result: 20 crayons remain with Lily. (Check: 20 + 4 = 24.) 3) If “shares with Riley” means splits the crayons equally between Lily and Riley If she shares all her crayons equally, she divides 24 by 2: Long division idea (digit steps): 2 into 2 → 1 (gives 2), remainder 0. Bring down 4 → 2 into 4 → 2. Result: 12 each. So Lily would have 12 crayons and Riley would have 12 crayons. Short answers Total crayons Lily has: 24. If she gives Riley 4 crayons: Lily has 20. If she shares equally with Riley (split all crayons): Lily has 12 (Riley 12). <a href="https://basketballlegends.fun">basketball legends</a>09/18/25