Question

You are a farmer in ancient mesopotamiaand you grow 500 bushels a year. your family uses 300 bushels ay ear. what do you have?

Answer 1

If you grow 500 and your family uses 300. That means they have taken 300 out of the grown bushels. That is represented as;
500-300=200
The answer is 200 bushels
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