Question

The cafe where you work just ran out of coffee, and you are at the store to buy 112 pounds of coffee. You have put a can with 34 pound of coffee into your shopping cart. How many more pounds of coffee do you need?

Answer 1

You have to use subtraction to answer this question. 112-34=78 So, you still need 78 pounds of coffee

Answer 2

78

Explanation:

The total you are buying is 112 pounds. The can you have picked up is 34 pounds; this leaves

112-34 = 78 pounds remaining.