Question

The pencil store sold 475 pencils on Monday and 388 pencils on Tuesday. How many more pencils did they sell on Mondays and Tuesday?

Answer 1

To find out how many more pencils were sold on Monday than Tuesday, subtract the number of pencils sold on Tuesday (388) from Monday's sales (475), which results in 87 more pencils sold on Monday.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks how many more pencils the pencil store sold on Monday compared to Tuesday. To answer this, we need to calculate the difference between the number of pencils sold on each day.

Here are the steps to find out the number:

1. First, take the number of pencils sold on Monday: 475 pencils.
2. Then, take the number of pencils sold on Tuesday: 388 pencils.
3. Next, subtract the number of pencils sold on Tuesday from the number sold on Monday to determine how many more pencils were sold on Monday: 475 - 388.
4. The difference is 87 pencils. This means the store sold 87 more pencils on Monday than on Tuesday.