Jenny and Buddy collected 376 plastic bottles for recycling.

Question

They recycled 131 bottles on Monday and 114 bottles on Tuesday.
How many bottles do they have left to recycle?

Complete the equations to solve. Enter your answers in the boxes.
Let
m
=
the number of bottles left to recycle after Monday.

m
=

376

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m
=


Let
t
=
the number of bottles left to recycle after Tuesday.

t
=

245

−


t
=

Answer 1

The number of bottles left to recycle after Tuesday would be:

t = m - 131 - 114 = m - 245

Substituting the value of t from the second equation:

m - 245 = 131

Adding 245 to both sides:

m = 376

Therefore, there are 376 bottles left to recycle.