Austin had a bag of 17 acorns. Eight squirrels came up to him. He gave each squirrel an acorn. Then five more squirrels came up to him and he gave away one acorn to each of them. How many more squirrels could he still feed? Show how you figured it out? How do you know you have the right answer? Squirreling

Game source: Jonathan Edmonds, Brooklyn Friends School,K-2 Math Specialist

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