Question

A restaurant has 1,996 forks, 1,745 knives and 2,116 spoons. The owner wants to have 2,000 of each utensil. She can buy more utensils or donate extra utensils. How many additional forks and knives are need? How many extra spoons are there?

Answer 1

There and 4 forks needed and 255 knives needed for the owner and 116 spoons for donating.

Answer 2

4 forks and 255 knives will be needed more, while 116 spoons are extra.

Explanation:

A restaurant has 1996 forks, 1745 knives and 2116 spoons.

Owner wants to have 2000 of each utensil.

So make them equal to 2000, number of forks needed = 2000 - 1996 = 4

[Subtracted from 2000 because number of forks are less than 2000]

Number of knives needed = 2000 - 1745

= 255

[Again subtracted from 2000 because number of knives are less]

Number of spoons to be donated = 2116 - 2000

= 116

[2000 is subtracted from total number of spoons because spoons are more than 2000]

Therefore, 4 forks and 255 knives will be needed more, while 116 spoons are extra.