Gene o roka kobo e entsoeng ka ditšhate tsa kgale tsa mementos. O na le hempe e le nngwe go tsoa maikhutsong a mang le a mangwe ao a kileng a a etsa. Hempe e 'ngoe le e' ngoe ke boloko bo ikemetseng ba kobo. Mola o mong le o mong o entsoe ka diboloko tse tswang selemong se fapaneng sa maikhutso. O ya maikhutsong a mane ka selemo mme o ntse a etela maikhutsong esale a le dilemo di le 23. Jwale o na le dilemo tse 34. O na le diboloko tse kae tsa kobo ka kakaretso? 

Gene is sewing a quilt out of old souvenir t-shirts. He has one shirt from each vacation he has been on. Every shirt is its own quilt block. Each row is made of blocks from a different year of vacations. He goes on four vacations a year and has been vacationing since he was 23 years old. He is now 34. How many quilt blocks does he have in total?
Gene o bile maikhutsong a 34 - 23 = <<34-23=11>>11, ka hona o na le mela e 11 ya diboloko.
O ya maikhutsong a 4 ka selemo, ka hona o bile maikhutsong a 4 * 11 = <<4*11=44>>44.
Gene o na le hempe e le 1 go tsoa leetong le leng le le leng, ka hona o na le diboloko tsa kobo tse 44 * 1 = <<44*1=44>>44 kaofela.
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Gene has been on 34 - 23 = <<34-23=11>>11 years of vacations, so he has 11 rows of blocks.
He goes on 4 vacations a year, so he has been on 4 * 11 = <<4*11=44>>44 vacations.
Gene has 1 shirt from each vacation, so he has 44 * 1 = <<44*1=44>>44 quilt blocks in all.
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