Tirzah has a lot of purses and handbags; in total she has 26 purses and 24 handbags. Half the purses and 1/4 the handbags are fake. If the rest are authentic, how many purses and handbags in total are genuine?
26/2=<T>divide(26, 2)=13.0 of the purses are genuine.
24/4=<T>divide(24, 4)=6.0 of the handbags are fake.
24-6=<T>subtract(24, 6)=18 of the handbags are genuine.
There are 13+18=<T>add(13, 18)=31 genuine purses and handbags
