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John meant to divide a number by 22, but he was careless and subtracted 22 from the number instead. He got an answer of 2222. What would his answer have been had he actually divided by 22 instead of subtracting 22?
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John meant to divide a number by 2, but he was careless and subtracted 2 from the number instead.  He got an answer of 22.  What would his answer have been had he actually divided by 2 instead of subtracting 2?
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John meant to divide a number by $2$, but he was careless and subtracted $2$ from the number instead.  He got an answer of $22$.  What would his answer have been had he actually divided by $2$ instead of subtracting $2$?

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Level 1

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Prealgebra

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