Question

A wildlife had 8 elephant calves born during the summer and now has 31 total elephants. How many elephants were in the reserves before the summer?

Answer 1

the answer should be 23 elephant calves

Answer 2

Before the summer there was 23 elephants. This is why.
31 total elephants minus the newest 8 calves equals 23. This makes 23 the amount of elephants before summer. Hope I assisted!