Jimmy is writing a paper for one of his classes. The paper has to be 1,500 words long, and so far he has written 414 words. If he only has 3 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?
362
1,086
380
862

Question

Jimmy is writing a paper for one of his classes. The paper has to be 1,500 words long, and so far he has written 414 words. If he only has 3 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?
362
1,086
380
862

mathstudent55 · Answer

First, find how many words he still needs to write.
Then find how many words he needs to write per day in each of the 3 days.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

i dont get it please help i got 45 and adding and i only have 2 1day and a half now please

anonymous · Answer

1st you need to find out how much he has left to write. 
So 1,500-414= ?

anonymous · Answer

1,086

anonymous · Answer

Good now. It says he has 3 days to finish. So just divide 1,086 by 3