1. Sam got some candy for Valentine’s Day
Sam got some candy for Valentine’s Day. Joe got three more pieces of candy than Sam, and Ava got twice as many pieces of candy as Sam.
How many pieces of candy do you think Sam, Joe, and Ava got in all?

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3. Ex 3 Sam got some candy for Valentine’s Day
Ex 3 Sam got some candy for Valentine’s Day. Joe got three more pieces of candy than Sam, and Ava got twice as many pieces of candy as Sam.
Write an expression to represent how many pieces of candy each person has.
Sam = x
Joe = x + 3
Ava = 2x

4. Ex 3 Sam got some candy for Valentine’s Day
Ex 3 Sam got some candy for Valentine’s Day. Joe got three more pieces of candy than Sam, and Ava got twice as many pieces of candy as Sam.
b) How many pieces of candy do they have altogether? Simplify.
Sam + Joe Ava
(x) + (x+3) + (2x)
They have 4x + 3 pieces of candy altogether.

5. Ex 3 Sam got some candy for Valentine’s Day
Ex 3 Sam got some candy for Valentine’s Day. Joe got three more pieces of candy than Sam, and Ava got twice as many pieces of candy as Sam.
c) How many more pieces of candy does Ava have than Joe? Simplify.
Ava − Joe
(2x) − (x+3)
2x − x − 3
Ava has x − 3 more pieces of candy