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?
253 -127 = ?
To find out how many pages Tom read during the afternoon, we need to subtract the page number where he stopped for lunch from the page number where he stopped for dinner.
Page number where Tom stopped for lunch = 127
Page number where Tom stopped for dinner = 253
Total pages read during the afternoon = Page number where Tom stopped for dinner - Page number where Tom stopped for lunch
Total pages read during the afternoon = 253 - 127
Therefore, Tom read 126 pages during the afternoon.