Question

A truck carrying 8.37 pounds of sand travels to a construction yard and loses 1.9 pounds of sand along the way. How much sand does the truck have when it arrives at the yard

Answer 1

8.37-1.9

When you subtract 1.9 from 8.37 you would get 6.47

So the answer is 6.47 pounds when it arrives at the yard

Answer 2

6.47 lbs.

Explanation:

Honestly I can't tell if there is something missing from this problem (like a variable, or some kind of rate as in the truck loses 1.9 lbs of sand per mile or whatever) or if it's just straight subtraction.

8.37-1.9 = 6.47 lbs.