Question

14. This year, a rancher counted 225 horses on
the range. This count is 22 fewer than last
year. How many horses did the rancher count
last year? Let h be the number of horses
counted last year. Solve h-22 = 225 to find
the number of horses counted last year.

Answer 1

Answer:

247

Step-by-step explanation:

since h-22 = 225, we add 22 to both sides and get h = 247

Answer 2

Answer:

247 horses

Explanation:

Key Info: 225 horses this year and this is 22 horses fewer than last year

We know that fewer means it is subtraction, but since we don't know how many horses were there last year we do the opposite which is addition.

In this case the inverse or opposite equation is 225 + 22 = h.

After adding this up you should get 247 horses were there last year.