Question

Chris and Evan are selling bags of popcorn to raise money for a club at school. Chris started with 10 bags and he sells 4 bags each day.

Evan began with 8 bags and sells 2 bags each day. How many days will it take before they both have the same number of bags remaining?
- A 2 days
B. 4 days
C 1 day
D 6 days

Answer 1

1 day

Explanation:

You can write an equation, or you can just see what happens each day.

Chris:

Start 10

1 day 6

2 days 2

Evan:

Start 8

1 day 6

Answer: C 1 day