Question

Elroy's Balloon Emporium sells boxes of balloons. There are 500 balloons in a box. In January, they sell 3 boxes.In February they sell 6 boxes .If they started with 10 boxes, how many balloons do they have left to sell?

Answer 1

Answer: 500 balloons

Step-by-step explanation: if you do 500 x 10 you get 5000 and then you do 3 x 500 + 6 x 500 then you get 4500 then subtract that from 5000

Answer 2

500

Explanation:

3+6=9
10-9=1

They sell 9 out of the 10 boxes. if each box has 500 balloons, then they have 500 left