Question

Mike earned $28 on Monday. On

Wednesday, he earned some more money
He earned $42 total. How much did Mike
earn on Wednesday?

Answer 1

Mike earned 14 dollars on Wednesday.

Explanation:

You take the total($42) and subtract what he earned on monday($28), and you get $14, which is how much he earned on wednesday.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

14 dollars

The trick is to subtract the known value by the result of the subtraction problem to get the missing value as shown below;

`42 - 28 = 14`