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One afternoon, Polly went fishing for tadpoles in a nearby pond. There were a total of $947$ tadpoles in the pond before she arrived. If Polly caught $50$ of them, how many tadpoles were in the pond after she left? $\newline$ _____ tadpoles

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Q. One afternoon, Polly went fishing for tadpoles in a nearby pond. There were a total of

947

tadpoles in the pond before she arrived. If Polly caught

50

of them, how many tadpoles were in the pond after she left?

\newline

_____ tadpoles

Identify Initial Number: Step $1$ : Identify the initial number of tadpoles in the pond. Polly found $947$ tadpoles initially.
Calculate Tadpoles Caught: Step $2$ : Calculate how many tadpoles Polly caught. She caught $50$ tadpoles.
Subtract to Find Remaining: Step $3$ : Subtract the number of tadpoles caught from the initial number to find out how many are left. $947 - 50 = 897$ .

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