Mathematics
Grade-2
Easy
Question
The cake weighed 44 ounces. The guests ate 39 ounces of cake. How many ounces of cake are left ?
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Hint:
Subtract the weight of the cake with the number of ounces the guests ate.
The correct answer is: 5
Weight of cake = 44
The number of ounces guests ate the cake = 39
Number of ounces of cake are left = 44 – 39 = 5
Start at 44, count back to 3 tens and 9 ones. You can land on 5.
Read the problem carefully in order to understand it.