Question

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?

Answer 1

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`