Question

A restaurant has 1,996 forks 1,745 knives and 2,116 spoons. The owner wants to have 2,000 of each utensil. How many additional forks. And knives are needed ? How many extra spoons are there?

Answer 1

The restaurant needs 4 more forks, 255 more knives and there are 116 extra spoons

Answer 2

2000-1996=4 forks

2000-1745=255 knives

since there are extra spoons it is reversed-->2116-2000=116 spoons

the owner needs 4 forks,255 knives and there are 116 extra spoons