A shop sold a combined total of596hamburgers and cheeseburgers on Sunday.There were 54fewercheeseburgers than hamburgers. How many hamburgers sold Sunday?

Question

this is 8th grade level, so it involves algebra.

Answer 1

c = number of cheeseburgers

 

h = number of hamburgers

 

c + h = 596 ⇒

 

c = 596 - h

 

Given:

 

c = h - 54 ⇒ h = c + 54 ⇒

 

c = 596 - (c + 54)

 

Solve for c.

 

2c = 542

 

c = 271, h = 271 + 54 = 325