Mike got on an elevator and went down 3 floors. He meant to go to a lower level, so he stayed on the elevator and went down 3 more floors. How many floors did Mike go down altogether?

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Meave60 · [eden]
May 23, 2017

He went down a total of #6# floors.

Explanation:

#3# floors down + #3# floors down = #6# floors down

Let's say he started at the #10#th floor. If he goes down #3# floors, he will be on floor #7#. If he goes down #3# more floors, he'll be on floor #4#. #10-4=6#. So he went down a total of #6# floors.

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