Cathy works at a restaurant. On Monday, she served 9 tables with 6 people at each table. On Tuesday, she served 86 people. She wants to know how many more people she served on Tuesday than on Monday.
Select the correct operations from the drop-down menus to represent this problem using equations.
9
Choose...
6 = m
86
Choose...
54 = d
9 x 6 = m
86 = d
d - m = ? (Subtract the two equations to find the difference)
The answer is:
d - m = 86 - 54 = 32
Therefore, Cathy served 32 more people on Tuesday than on Monday.