Question

A shop has 55 posters for sale. 34 posters show sports. The rest of the posters show animals. How many posters show animals?

Answer 1

This is a subtraction problem so it would read 55-34 and the answer is 21 posters are animals.

Answer 2

To get your answer to the math equation, here are the steps --

55 posters for sale

Out of the 55 posters for sale, 34 of them show sports.

You are now left with the remaining posters from the 55 -

If the remaining posters show animals, here is your math problem.

55 - 34 = 21

21 posters show animals

Pretty easy, right? It's only subtraction!

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