Question

There were nine red roses and four white roses in the vase. Melanie cut some more roses from her flower garden. There are now sixteen red roses in the vase. How many red roses did she cut?

Answer 1

7 roses

Explanation:

1. 9 red roses and 4 white roses

2. cuts more red roses and now has 16 so subtract

3. 16-9=7

4. She cut 7 red roses