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A city library tracked how many books were borrowed during the summer.

In June, readers borrowed 4,862 books, and in July, they borrowed 5,479 books. How many books were borrowed in these two months? How did you get that answer?

In August, readers borrowed 6,138 more books. How many books were borrowed in total over all three months? How did you get that answer?

The library set a summer goal of 15,000 books borrowed. Did the readers borrow more or fewer books than the goal? By how many? How do you know?

make like a 4 grader wrote this and is 9 years old named zalia Simmons and lives in chatsworth ga

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Zalia Simmons' Math Report
Age: 9
Location: Chatsworth, GA

Library Books Borrowed in Summer

This summer, our city library said a lot of books were borrowed!

In June, people borrowed 4,862 books. Wow, that’s a lot!
In July, the readers borrowed 5,479 books. That’s even more!

To find out how many books were borrowed in June and July, I added the two numbers together:

4,862 + 5,479 = 10,341

So, 10,341 books were borrowed in total in June and July. I got this answer by adding the numbers together one step at a time.

In August, readers borrowed 6,138 more books. To find out the total number of books borrowed over all three months, I need to add August's number to my last total:

10,341 + 6,138 = 16,479

So, in total, 16,479 books were borrowed over the summer! I did this by writing the numbers down and adding them together, just like the first two months.

The library wanted us to borrow 15,000 books in the summer. I checked if we had more or less than their goal.

We borrowed 16,479 books, which is more than 15,000! I found this by comparing the two numbers.

Now, to find out how much more we borrowed than the goal, I did this subtraction:

16,479 - 15,000 = 1,479

So, we borrowed 1,479 more books than the library's goal! That makes me really happy because it means a lot of people were reading!

The End!