Last year, an orange tree produced 36 oranges. This year, it produced fewer than 10. What are the possible values for how many fewer oranges were produced from the tree this year?
1 Answer
Mar 6, 2018
Between 27 and 36 fewer oranges this year
Explanation:
The tree gave 36 oranges last year.
This year it gave fewer than 10, which means it could have produced between 0 and 9 oranges.
How many fewer oranges did it make? For that, we subtract the possible values for this year from 36, the amount from last year.
The range of values sits between the largest difference, which is
