Question

If Alice had 50 pieces of ribbon and she used 38 pieces how many pieces does she have leftover? (She has green ribbon to make her a new green dress)

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

This is a simple subtraction equation.

50-38

=12

Or you could reverse it,

38+12

=50

Answer 2

12

Explanation:

This is a standard subtraction problem, so our equation is:

50 - 38 = 12

So she has 12 pieces of ribbon left