1. Let’s name the pictures. 🍎 = apple 🍌 = banana bunch 🥥 = coconut half 2. We have: 🍎 + 🍌 + 🍌 = 18 🍌 - 🥥 = 2 🥥 + 🍎 + 🍌 = ? 3. From the first line, two banana bunches and one apple make 18. From the second line, a banana bunch is 2 more than a coconut half. 4. Let’s try easy numbers. If 🥥 = 1, then 🍌 = 3 because $3 - 1 = 2$. Then $🍎 + 3 + 3 = 18$. So $🍎 = 12$. 5. Now find the last one. $🥥 + 🍎 + 🍌 = 1 + 12 + 3 = 16$ 6. Final answer: $16$