Question

Alex and Erika collect shells. The tables show the kindsof shells they collectedAlex's ShellsShell Number of ShellsScallop 36Jingle 95Clam 115Erika's ShellsNumber of ShellsScallop 82Clam 108Whelk 28Part AWho collected more shells? How many did she collect?About how many more is that? Explain how you solvedthe problem.Part BAlex and Erika have the greatest number of what kind ofshell? How many shells of that kind do they have? Showyour work

Answer 1

From the data provided, both individual collectors had the following;

`\begin{gathered} \text{Alex}=36+95+115 \\ \text{Alex}=246 \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} \text{Erika}=82+108+28 \\ \text{Erika}=218 \end{gathered}`

ANSWER:

Part A:

(1) Alex collected more shells

(2) She collected a total of 246 shells

(3) That is 28 more than Erika collected.

The answer to (3) above is derived by subtracting the total collected by Erika from that collected by Alex.

Part B:

(1) The kind of shell with the greatest number between both collectors is Clam.

(2) They both have 223 of the Clam shell.

Step-by-step explanation: Alex has 115 Clam shells while Erika has 108 Clam shells. The total of these is

`\begin{gathered} \text{Total Clam}=115+108 \\ \text{Total Clam}=223 \end{gathered}`