Question

Alana makes and sells homemade bracelets. She made a profit of $65 last week. This week, she donated some bracelets to charity. Her profit at the end of this week can be represented by -$25. Write a subtraction expression and an addition expression to represent Alana’s total profit for two weeks combined.

Answer 1

$65 + $(-25) = $40

$65 - $25 = $40

Explanation:

Profit made last week = $65

Profit made this week = - $25

Addition expression for her profit over the two weeks

Last week profit + this week's profit:

$65 + $(-25) = $40

Subtraction expression for her profit over the two weeks :

$65 - $25 = $40