Question

Melanie and Joseph are raising money for their class trip to the zoo. They each need $30 to pay for the trip and are selling boxes of cookies for $4 each to earn the money. Joseph has sold 5 boxes and Melanie has sold 3 boxes. How much more money does Melanie need than Joseph? Which shows the steps needed to solve the problem?

Answer 1

melanie needs $18 more dollars. joseph has sold 5 boxes which means he has $20 and melanie has sold 3 which means she has $12 so 30-12=18

Answer 2

Melanie needs 8 more dollars trust me because it says how much more money does she need than JOSEPH not to have as much money for the trip

Explanation

4x5 is equal to 20

4x3 is equal to 12

12 subtracted form 20 equals 8

so the answer is 8