Bethany has 43 apples. Write a subtraction story about the apples that would require regroping. Then write the answer in a complete sentence.
Bethany has 43 apples. She gave 15 of them to her neighbor. How many does she have left?
43-15=28
To write a subtraction story about Bethany's apples that would require regrouping, we can imagine the following scenario:
Bethany had 43 apples, and she decided to divide them equally among her 4 friends. However, she realized that each friend could only have a maximum of 9 apples. In this case, we need to regroup and subtract in order to find out how many apples Bethany will have left after giving her friends their fair share.
Subtraction story: Bethany had 43 apples. She shared 9 apples with each of her 4 friends.
To solve this problem through regrouping, we can start by subtracting 4 groups of 9 apples from the 43 apples:
43 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 9
Subtracting 9 from 43, we have:
43 - 9 = 34
Now, we have 34 apples left. Subtracting another 9:
34 - 9 = 25
Continuing this process, we subtract another 9:
25 - 9 = 16
Lastly, subtracting the final 9:
16 - 9 = 7
Therefore, Bethany will have 7 apples left after sharing 9 apples with each of her 4 friends.
Answer: After sharing 9 apples with each of her 4 friends, Bethany will have 7 apples remaining.