Jimmy is writing a paper for one of his classes. The paper has to be 2,500 words long, and so far he has written 630 words. If he only has 5 more days to write his paper and wants to write the same number of words each day, then how many words must he write per day to finish the paper?

404
374
874
1,870

Question

Jimmy is writing a paper for one of his classes. The paper has to be 2,500 words long, and so far he has written 630 words. If he only has 5 more days to write his paper and wants to write the same number of words each day, then how many words must he write per day to finish the paper?

    404
    374
    874
    1,870

anonymous · Answer

well first subtract 630 from 2500 to see how many words left he needs to write. he needs to write 1870 words. divide 1870 by five. so that he writes an equal number of words per day. when u divide them u get 374. he needs to write 374 words per day.