Question

rachael is stuffing envelopes.she has eight hours to complete the task,and there are 1500 envelopes.the first hour rachael stuffs 135 envelopes.the second hour she stuffs 141 envelopes.how many envelopes will rachael need to stuff in order to finish the job❓

Answer 1

She has 1500 envelopes and she has already stuffed some, so we need to subtract the amount she did from the amount she needs to do to find how much she has left.

1500-(135+141)
1500-276
She has 1224 left to do in order to finish the job.