There were 665 hot air balloon pilots at a hot air race . There were 1,550 more ground crew members than there were pilots. How many ground crew members than there were pilots. How many ground crew members were there?
To find the number of ground crew members, we need to calculate the difference between the total number of ground crew members and the number of pilots.
Given that there were 665 hot air balloon pilots, the number of ground crew members would be 1,550 more than that.
To calculate this, we can add 1,550 to the number of pilots:
665 (number of pilots) + 1,550 (additional crew members) = 2,215 (total number of ground crew members)
Therefore, there were 2,215 ground crew members in total.
It states that the are 1550 MORE ground crew members
Because it says more you will add to 665 not subtract