Question

During the first year a bakery sold 37,580 bags of cookies.During the second year the bakery sold 5,000 more bags then were sold the first year.What is the total number of bags of cookies sold during the first two years,rounded to the nearest 1,000

Answer 1

You want to find the total number of bags of cookies sold in the first 2 years.

First year: 37,580 bags were sold

The bakery sold 5,000 more bags than the number of bags sold the first year: 37,580 + 5,000 = 42,580

Second year: 42,580 bags were sold

37,580 + 42,580 = 80,160

80,000 bags were sold the first two years