Question

Over Thanksgiving break, the Heywards collected 980 cans for a food drive. The Ballards collected 200 fewer cans than the Heywards. How many cans did the Ballards collect?

Answer 1

1180 cans

Explanation:

Heywards collected = 980 cans

Ballards collected 200 fewer cans than Heywards.

Total cans collected by Ballard = ?

Therefore the sum of Heywards collected cans and Ballards fewer cans will give us the total cans collected by Ballard.

=980+200

=1180

Ballard collected 1180 cans....