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Question 35

A game starts with 18 tokens, and the referee removes 5. Which instruction uses a take phrasal verb to state the subtraction?

  1. Take out five red tokens and place them in a bag.
  2. Take apart the model made of eighteen pieces.
  3. Take five borrowed tokens back.
  4. Take away 5 from 18 to obtain 13.Correct answer

Explanation

Taking a number away from another number means subtracting it, which produces thirteen here. Taking a number out can describe removal from a container, but it is not the standard instruction for this arithmetic operation.

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