Jenny and Buddy collected 376 plastic bottles for recycling.
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
−
131
m
=
245
Let
t
=
the number of bottles left to recycle after Tuesday.
t
=
245
−
114
t
=
131
is this correct
1 answer
Yes, that is correct! There are 131 bottles left to recycle after Tuesday.