Question

Polly has 7 cucumbers to sell at the market. She has 3 times more carrots than cucumbers. She sells 6 carrots at the market. How many carrots does Polly have left

Answer 1

15

Explanation:

7x3=21

21-6=15

the word times means to multiply a number the said amount of times for example

cat has 5 sticks. Roger has 2 times as many sticks as cat. the equation is 5 × 2 that would equal 10. :)