Question
Seth bought 58 more buttons than Paul and Paul bought 28 buttons more than Gem. The total number of buttons Seth and Paul bought was 4 times the number of buttons Gem bought.
  1. How many buttons does Seth need to give Paul so that they have the same number of buttons?
  2. How many buttons did all three of them have altogether? 
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Click button first when a symbol is required. X

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Click button first when a symbol is required. X

Seth bought 58 more buttons than Paul and Paul bought 28 buttons more than Gem. The total number of buttons Seth and Paul bought was 4 times the number of buttons Gem bought.
  1. How many buttons does Seth need to give Paul so that they have the same number of buttons?
  2. How many buttons did all three of them have altogether?