Question

Angelina has 32 cookies. Jerry had 51 cookies. If Jerry stole 14 of Angelina's cookies but then gave her 28 cookies, how many cookies do Jerry and Angelina have left?

Having a hard time!

Answer 1

So if Jerry stole 14 of Angelina’s cookies, then Angelina would have 18 cookies and Jerry would have 65.

This is represented as 32-14=18 and 51+14=65

Then Jerry gave 28 of his 65 cookies and he is now left with 37 cookies and Angelina is left with 46 cookies!

This is represented as 65-28=37 and 18+28=46

Hope this helps!!

Answer 2

Answer: They have 83 cookies all together.

Step-by-step explanation: First we have to do 32 - 14, because Merry stole 14 of Angelinas cookies, so 32 - 14 = 18. So, she has 18 cookies left. Then if he gave her 28 cookies, we do 18 + 28 = 46. So we know that Angelina has 46 cookies. Now we do the same thing with Jerry. So since jerry took 14 of Angelinas cookies, we do 51 + 14 = 65. Then we do 65 - 28, since he gave her 28 cookies, so 65 - 28 = 37. So Jerry has 37 cookies, and Angelina has 46 cookies. Then we add them up since they are asking for the total, 37 + 46 = 83.