Six Sick Sticks (adding 6 + 4) - Mr. R.'s World of Math

Six Sick Sticks

adding 6 + 4

6 sick sticks,

Gave quick licks,
To sick mix,
To get fixed…
4 more sticks,

That were sick,
Licked the mix,
To get fixed…
6 sick sticks,
All felt fixed,
4 sick sticks,
All felt fixed,
10 sick sticks,
Slept like bricks,

10 sick sticks,
All felt fixed!

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If there are 17 sticks that don’t feel well, and 8 of them get better, how many sticks still feel sick?

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