Question

There are 13 blue marbles and 7 red marbles in a bag. How many more blue marbles

than red marbles are in the bag? Keona says this is a subtraction problem. Tamron
says it is an addition problem. What do you think? Why?

Answer 1

The question asks how many more blue marbles than red marbles are in the bag. The correct operation to find the difference is subtraction. There are 6 more blue marbles than red marbles in the bag.

Step-by-step explanation:

This question asks how many more blue marbles than red marbles are in the bag. To find the difference, we need to subtract the number of red marbles from the number of blue marbles. In this case, there are 13 blue marbles and 7 red marbles. So, the number of blue marbles minus the number of red marbles is:

13 - 7 = 6

Therefore, there are 6 more blue marbles than red marbles in the bag.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

So, a bag contains two

different colors of marbles.

Blue marbles = 13

Red marbles = 7

We are to find the number of blue marbles than red marbles. The blue marbles are obviously more than the red marble.

The number of blue marbles than red marbles is the difference between the two given numbers respectively. Therefore, to find the number of blue marbles than red marbles, find the difference between 13 and 7.

13 - 7 = 6

Therefore, there are 6 number of blue marbles than red marbles.

So, I think it is a subtraction problem because to find the number of specific item(s) than the other, we have to find the difference between the given numbers .

This is just what I think. If you think am wrong, please let me know.

I hope my answer helps