Question

Melanie is reading a book that has 335 pages. She has already read 111 pages of the book and will read an additional 16 pages per night. Find how many more nights it will take Melanie to finish the book.

a) 13
b) 15
c) 14
d) 12

Answer 1

After deducting the pages Melanie has already read from the total, the remaining number of pages is divided by the pages she reads per night, revealing that it will take her 14 more nights to finish the book.

Step-by-step explanation:

Melanie has a 335-page book to read. Having already read 111 pages, she needs to read 224 more pages to finish (335 total pages - 111 pages read = 224 pages left). Melanie plans to read 16 pages per night, so we divide the remaining pages by the number of pages she reads per night to find out how many more nights she will need. The calculation is as follows:

1. Subtract the number of pages already read from the total number of pages: 335 - 111 = 224 pages left.
2. Divide the number of pages left by the number of pages Melanie reads per night: 224 ÷ 16.
3. The result is 14; therefore, Melanie will need 14 more nights to finish reading the book.

Hence, the correct answer is c) 14.