Question

A restaurant serves 42 chicken dinners and 18 steak dinners. let m be the difference between the numbers of chicken and steak dinners.

A. Draw a picture you could use to find m.

B. What is the value of m.

Answer 1

You could multiply 42x18= 756

Answer 2

a. You could draw 42 chicken dinners and 18 steak dinners with a minus sign in between. Then an equal sign and the 42 chicken dinners with 18 crossed out.
b. 42-m=18, or m+18=42, or most simply 42-18=m or 24.