Question

Choose the best explanation of how you could solve the problem.

Clara sewed 77 patches onto her quilt in the morning. Then in the afternoon, she sewed on 43 more patches. How many patches did Clara sew in all?








A.
You have to find the total number of patches that Clara sewed, so you should add 77 and 43.







B.
Subtract 43 from 77 to find the difference in how many patches were sewed.







C.
You have to find out how many more patches Clara needs to sew, so you should subtract.