Question

Edgar Elementary School is having a reading contest. Six fourth-grade classes each set a goal to read 1,266 pages. Six fifth-grade classes each set a goal of 2,212 pages. How many more pages does each fifth-grade class have to read than each fourth-grade class?

a) 946 pages
b) 9460 pages
c) 1,266 pages
d) 2,212 pages

Answer 1

Each fifth-grade class at Edgar Elementary School must read 946 more pages than each fourth-grade class to meet their reading contest goals.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks us to calculate how many more pages each fifth-grade class has to read than each fourth-grade class in a reading contest. To find the difference, we subtract the goal of the fourth-grade class from the goal of the fifth-grade class:

2,212 pages (fifth-grade goal) - 1,266 pages (fourth-grade goal) = 946 pages.

Therefore, each fifth-grade class has to read 946 more pages than each fourth-grade class to meet their respective reading goals.