At the zoo, the gorillas eat 18 boxes of bananas every day. There are 34 bananas in each box. The chimpanzees eat 12 bags of bananas every day. There are 22 bananas in each bag. How many more bananas do the gorillas eat than the chimpanzees every day?
A.264
B.348
C.612
D.876
chimps = 12 * 22
gorillas = 18 *34
diff = 18*34 - 12*22
So I do 18 x 34 and 12 x 22 and add them together?
I mean do 18 x 34 and 12 x 22 and subtract?
That's what Anonymous indicated.
However, online, “*” is used to indicate multiplication to avoid confusion with “x” as an unknown.
To find out how many more bananas the gorillas eat than the chimpanzees, we need to calculate the total number of bananas eaten by each group and subtract the number of bananas eaten by the chimpanzees from the number eaten by the gorillas.
First, let's calculate the number of bananas eaten by the gorillas. We know that they eat 18 boxes of bananas every day, and there are 34 bananas in each box. So, we can multiply these two numbers: 18 boxes × 34 bananas/box = 612 bananas.
Next, let's calculate the number of bananas eaten by the chimpanzees. They eat 12 bags of bananas every day, and there are 22 bananas in each bag. So, we can multiply these two numbers: 12 bags × 22 bananas/bag = 264 bananas.
Finally, to find out how many more bananas the gorillas eat than the chimpanzees, we subtract the number of bananas eaten by the chimpanzees from the number eaten by the gorillas: 612 bananas - 264 bananas = 348 bananas.
Therefore, the answer is B.348.