How many cans did both factories sell?

Question

Factory A produced 392,850 cans and factory B produced 25000 fewer cans than factory A. Factory B sold some tins and had 12400 cans left. Factory B sold 80 cans more than factory A. How many cans did both factories sell?

Answer 1

Factory A produced 392,850 cans.

Factory B produced 25,000 fewer cans.

We can write that out as:

392,850 - 25,000 cans

Which equals:

367,850 cans

Factory B sold some tins and had 12,400 cans left.

To figure out how many cans Factory B sold, we can subtract how many they had left from their original amount.

We can write that out as:

367,850 - 12,400 cans

Which equals:

355,450 cans

Factory B sold 80 cans more than Factory A.

To figure out how many cans Factory A sold, we can subtract how many more Factory A sold than them.

We can write that out as:

355,450 - 80 cans

Which equals:

355,370 cans

So, Factory A sold 355,370 cans, and Factory B sold 355,450 cans.