Question

Name: Finding Differences - Multiple Subtrahends.

Use subtraction to solve each problem.

A magazine had 1,472 subscribers. If they lost 360 subscribers in January and 293 more in February, how many did they have left?

Answer 1

After losing 360 subscribers in January and another 293 in February, the magazine has 819 subscribers left. We find this by subtracting the number of lost subscribers in each month from the original number of subscribers.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many subscribers a magazine has left after losing some, we need to use subtraction. The magazine started with 1,472 subscribers. In January, they lost 360 subscribers, and in February, another 293 subscribers. We perform two subtractions: first 1,472 minus 360, and then the result of that subtraction minus 293.

Step 1: Subtract the January loss: 1,472 - 360 = 1,112 subscribers after January.

Step 2: Subtract the February loss: 1,112 - 293 = 819 subscribers left after February.

When working with whole numbers, we focus on the last significant digit to the left of the decimal point. However, since we are dealing with exact counts here, there is no need to round off our answer; we retain all the digits to find the exact number of subscribers remaining.