Fay bakes 32 cupcakes. She puts them in a box that has 5rows , with 5cupcakes in each row . How many cupcakes do not fit in the box?
The answer:
5*5=25
5*5 = 25 fit in the box
32 - 25 = 7
She will have to quickly eat seven of them so no one notices that the box is too small.
If the answer is 25, that is not the answer to the question asked which is how many do NOT fit in the box.
To find out how many cupcakes do not fit in the box, we need to calculate the total number of cupcakes that can fit in the box and subtract it from the number of cupcakes Fay bakes.
The box has 5 rows, with 5 cupcakes in each row. So, the total number of cupcakes that can fit in the box is 5 * 5 = 25 cupcakes.
If Fay bakes 32 cupcakes, to find out how many cupcakes do not fit in the box, we subtract the total number that can fit from the total number she bakes.
32 - 25 = 7 cupcakes.
Therefore, 7 cupcakes do not fit in the box.