Chelsea has 14 daisies. She has 11 more daisies than roses.

Question

Chelsea buys more roses. Now she has 12 roses.
How many roses did Chelsea buy?

(1 point)
Responses

2 roses

2 roses

3 roses

3 roses

9 roses

9 roses

13 roses

Answer 1

The correct answer is 3 roses.
Initially, Chelsea had 11 fewer daisies than roses, so she must have had 12 - 11 = <<11-11=0>>0 roses.
After buying more roses, she ended up with 12 roses, so she must have bought 12 - 0 = <<12-0=12>>12 roses.
Since she initially had 14 daisies, the total number of roses she bought is 12 - 14 = <<12-14=-2>>-2 roses.
Since it doesn't make sense for her to have a negative number of roses, the correct answer is that she bought 3 roses.