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.
Then you have two apples.THREE! no, silly, two
two apples
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.
3
2 apples remain.
you have three
If I have five apples, and I take three apples, how many apples do I have?
Three
Two.
Then you have two apples.THREE! no, silly, two
You have only two left.
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.
Still three.