Question

1. Emmanuel bought 28 lb of potting soil this week. This amount is 4 lb more than twice the amount of potting soil he bought last week. Answer the following questions to find the number of pounds of soil Emmanuel purchased last week.

Answer 1

First you take 28 and multiply by 2 which is 56 then you add 4 and get 60

Answer 2

The answer would be 58 lb.