How many apples will you have if you take away four from a dozen on the shelf?

Question

How many apples will you have if you take away four from a dozen on the shelf?

Answer 1

12.  They don't have to be on the shelf in order to have them. Of course, I'm assuming you haven't eaten any of the four you took down!

Answer 2

i would say 4 and 8 on the shelf if the shelf belonged to you lol

Answer 3

Four. There will be eight left on the shelf, but you will only have the four that you took away.

Answer 4

four - the rest are on the shelf

Answer 5

The question is too ambiguous.

You will have four in your hands and you will have eight on the shelf.  If all of the apples are yours, you will have a dozen regardless of whether they're in your hands or on the shelf.  So, 4, 8, & 12 are all possible answers, depending on how the question is interpreted.

Answer 6

Four ... love, honey

Answer 7

4

Answer 8

4 = what you took

Answer 9

You have 4. 8 are on the shelf, not in your hands.

Answer 10

You will have four. (The four that you took.) The other 8 are still on the shelf. But take more than four, apples are good! : )

Answer 11

8, 12-4=8