Question

@iGreen At the beginning of the week, Paloma opened a new box of 125 coffee creamers. Sixty-one coffee creamers were used during the week. Which equation could be used to find x, the number of coffee creamers left at the end of the week?

61 - 125 = x
x - 61 = 125
x + 61 = 125
61x = 125

Answer 1

Paloma started with 125 coffee creamers..and 61 were used during the week..how many are left? What operation do you perform to find out how many are left?

Answer 2

Subtraction

Answer 3

Are you still there?

Answer 4

@iGreen

Answer 5

Oh, sorry.. yes..we have to subtract..so which one tells us to subtract 125 - 61?