Ask a New Question
Menu

Ben is collecting bottle caps for a school fundraiser. His goal is to collect 1850 bottle caps for the year.

Ben collected 472 bottle caps during the first quarter of school. During the second quarter, he collected 589 bottle caps.



(1 point)
Put responses in the correct input to answer the question. Select a response, navigate to the desired input and insert the response. Responses can be selected and inserted using the space bar, enter key, left mouse button or touchpad. Responses can also be moved by dragging with a mouse.
How many bottle caps did Ben collect in all during the first two quarters of the school year?
How many bottle caps does he still need to collect to reach his goal?
Skip to navigation

1 answer

To find out how many bottle caps Ben collected in all during the first two quarters, we add the number of bottle caps he collected in each quarter.

First quarter: 472 bottle caps
Second quarter: 589 bottle caps

Total collected = 472 + 589 = 1061 bottle caps

Next, to find out how many bottle caps he still needs to collect to reach his goal:

Goal: 1850 bottle caps
Total collected: 1061 bottle caps

Bottle caps left to collect = Goal - Total collected
Bottle caps left = 1850 - 1061 = 789 bottle caps

So, to summarize:

  1. Ben collected 1061 bottle caps in the first two quarters.
  2. He still needs to collect 789 bottle caps to reach his goal.