Question

Shawn had some nickels in a jar. He put 147 nickels in the jar. Now there are 435 nickels in the jar. How many nickels were in the jar at the start?

Responses

A 288288

B 218218

C 312312

D 398398

Answer 1

A

288 nickels

Explanation:

There are now 435 nickels, after he put in 147. To find the answer, we need to find what the amount of nickels was before Shawn put in the 147. So, we need to subtract 147 from 435.

435 - 147 = 288

So, there were 288 nickels in the jar at the start.