Question

John had 367 stamps in his collection. His uncle gave him some more stamps. Now he has 462 stamps how many stamps did his uncle give John?

Answer 1

Given that John already had 367 stamps.

Late his uncle gave him some more stamps. Let the number of stamps that his uncle gave him be 'x'.

Given that together he now had 462 stamps. It means the number of stamps he had already and the number of stamps he obtained from his uncle, both add up to be 462,

`367+x=462`

Transpose the terms,

`x=462-367=95`

Thus, the value of 'x' is obtained as 95.

Since 'x' is the number of stamps John recieved from his uncle, we can conclude that his uncle gave him 95 stamps.