Hanson just finished reading the first two books in a series. The second book was just 198 pages long. The first book was 89 pages longer than the second book. Altogether, how many pages were in the two books?

Question

pages

Answer 1

To find the total number of pages in the two books, we first need to determine the number of pages in the first book.

Given:

• The second book has 198 pages.
• The first book is 89 pages longer than the second book.

We can calculate the number of pages in the first book as follows:

\[ \text{Pages in the first book} = \text{Pages in the second book} + 89 \] \[ \text{Pages in the first book} = 198 + 89 = 287 \]

Now that we have the number of pages in both books, we can calculate the total number of pages:

\[ \text{Total pages} = \text{Pages in the first book} + \text{Pages in the second book} \] \[ \text{Total pages} = 287 + 198 = 485 \]

Therefore, the total number of pages in the two books is 485 pages.