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Use drawings, words, or numbers to explain how you got your answer.
1) Carrie has 5 candles.
Mary gave her 8 more candles.
How many candles does Carrie have altogether?
2) Carrie has 5 ornaments for her Christmas tree.
How many more ornaments does she need to get to have 13 ornaments altogether?
3) Carrie had some candy canes.
Jerry gave her 5 more candy canes.
Now Carrie has 13 candy canes.
How many candy canes did Carrie have to start with?