Tom was engrossed in his 340 page book. He stopped on page 127 at noon to eat lunch. He stopped on page 253 to eat dinner. How many pages did tom read during the afternoon
To find out how many pages Tom read during the afternoon, we need to calculate the difference between the page he stopped at for lunch and the page he stopped at for dinner.
Tom stopped at page 127 for lunch, and then at page 253 for dinner. To find the difference, we subtract the lunch page from the dinner page: 253 - 127 = 126.
Therefore, Tom read 126 pages during the afternoon.