Question

Farmer brown was selling his crops off the back of his truck. He had picked 461 vegetables this morning. On the top of the pile we’re 176 turnips. He also had some carrots.On the bottom we’re 282 potatoes. How many carrots were in the pile.

Answer 1

Given:

Total number of vegetables is 461.

On the top of the pile we’re 176 turnips.

He also had some carrots.

On the bottom we’re 282 potatoes.

$\begin{gathered} \text{Number of carrots}=461-176-282 \\ =3 \end{gathered}$