Thirty-eight fewer girls attended summer camp than boys. Seventy-nine girls attended. How many boys attended summer camp?

Question

How many children attended summer camp

Answer 1

b=# of boys

b-38=# of girls

79=b-38

b=79+38

b=117 boys

Answer 2

The first thing I need to look at is what I know versus what I don't know. I know that 79 girls went to summer camp. I also know that 38 less girls went to camp, but I need to find out how many boys went to camp.

Next I set up my problem, b-38=79

b stands for the number of boys and then I subtracted the number 38 to get 79 girls. Now I will add 38+79 to find the umber of boys, which is 117 boys.