Three
If I have five apples, and I take three apples, how many apples do I have?
Five, unless it is supposed to be a trick question. You may be saying that I took 2 away from 3 apples, so it might be one.
If there five apples and I took three then I would have three.
You will have three apples.
I think you have three because there are five apples and YOU take away three. How many do YOU have? 3.
2 apples remain.
3
2
you have three
It actually depends on how you read the question. The answer could be 2, 3 or 5.
You will have three apples left. 5-2=3
You have the three you took, plus any others you had before you took those three. There are two apples left in the basket where there were five only a moment earlier.