Question

Maggie baked a berry pie. The recipe called for 6 ounces of blackberries, 9 ounces of raspberries, and 5 ounces of strawberries. In the supermarket, she only found 12-ounce containers of berries. She bought 1 container of each kind of berry. After she baked the pie, how many ounces of berries did Maggie have left?

Answer 1

16 berries

Explanation:

1. Blackberries: 12 - 6 = 6
2. Raspberries: 12 - 9 = 3
3. Strawberries: 12 - 5 = 7
4. Now we know how many individual berries will be left: 6 blackberries, 3 raspberries, and 7 strawberries.
5. 6 + 3 + 7 = 16