Question

Natalie and Lexi are recycling aluminum cans to earn money for camp. Natalie's barrel of cans weighs 115 lb., and Lexi's barrel of cans weighs 98 lb. If the barrels each weigh 8 lb. when empty, how many pounds of cans have they collected?

Answer 1

197 pounds of cans

Explanation:

Find how many pounds of cans they have collected by subtracting 8 from both of their barrel weights:

115 - 8

= 107

98 - 8

= 90

Add these two weights together:

107 + 90

= 197

So, they collected 197 pounds of cans