Becca was doing her math and came across this story problem:
I have 7 pencils.
I want 16 pencils.
How many more pencils do I need?
Her answer?  None.  Why would anybody need more pencils when they already have 7?
Good girl.  But I did scratch out the word need and replace it with want, then required her to finish [...]

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