Question

Jose has 9 more comic books than robin. robin has 5 more comic books than lee. if jose has 23 comic books, how many comic books does robin have? how many comic books does lee have?

Answer 1

simple subtraction. to find how many robin has, subtract 9 from 23, which is 14. so robin has 14 comic books. robin has 5 more than lee, so subtract 5 from 14, which is 9. so lee has 9 comic books