Cakes on plates
Mother arranged cakes on two plates. On both there was the same number of cakes. Jarda ate 5 cakes from the first plate and then took 3 more from the second plate. Emilka then from the plate with the greater number of cakes took a third of the cakes and put them in a box. In the box she took home altogether 5 cakes.
1. How many cakes in total were on both plates?
2. How many cakes remained on the second plate?
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1. How many cakes in total were on both plates?
2. How many cakes remained on the second plate?
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