Question

162 teachers applied to be on the next space shuttle mission. The number of high school teachers was 50 more than the number of middle school teachers. How many high school and middle school teachers applied?

Answer 1

56 middle school teacher & 106 high school teachers

Explanation:

Subtract 50 from 162.

Then Divide by 2 since there are two groups.

The answer you get is the amount of middle school teachers.

Add the 50 back to the amount of middle school teachers, and that is your amount of high school teachers.

Hope that helps!