Question

Type the correct answer in each box. Use numerals instead of words.

Theo and Kade worked on a school project together. Theo worked on the project 3 fewer hours than Kade did. Altogether, they worked for a total of 27 hours. How many hours did they each work on the school project?

Theo worked on the project for
hours.
Kade worked on the project for
hours.

Answer 1

Theo worked for 12 hours and Kade worked for 15

Explanation:

Answer 2

Theo worked for 12 hours and Kade worked for 15

Explanation:

if kade worked for 10 hours Theo works for 7 so in total they worked for 17 hours together. So what you do is you just continue counting kades hours, subtracting 3 then add those number together till you get the total of 27 hours.