Malia bought a block of wax to make candles. She used 3.5 pounds of the wax to make vanilla-scented candles and has less than 5 pounds of wax left to make orange-scented candles.
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To make orange-scented candles, Malia has less than 5 - 3.5 = <<5-3.5=1.5>>1.5 pounds of wax left. Answer: \boxed{1.5}.