Question

1) Fidel had 12 boxes of paper plates. Each box contains 36 paper plates. He used 173 paper plates for the birthday party of his son. How many paper plates were left?

Answer 1

1 box= 36 paper plates

12 boxes = 12× 36 paper plates

= 432 paper plates

He used 173 paper plates for the birthday party of his son

No. of paper plates were left = 432-173 = 259