Question

Deepthi and Rasika visit the beach to collect seashells. Deepthi finds 86 seashells and Rasika finds 25 seashells more than Deepthi. How many seashells do the both of them have altogether?

• A. 111
• B. 121
• C. 187
• D. 197

Answer 1

The correct option is D 197

Number of seashells that Deepthi found = 86

Rasika found 25 seashells more than Deepthi.
To find the number of seashells that Rasika found, we need to add 86 and 25.

$\begin{array}{cccc}& H& T& O\\ & & 1& \\ & & 8& 6\\ +& & 2& 5\\ & 1& 1& 1\end{array}$

Thus, Rasika found 111 seashells.

Total number of seashells = 86 + 111 = 197

$\begin{array}{cccc}& H& T& O\\ & & 8& 6\\ +& 1& 1& 1\\ & 1& 9& 7\end{array}$

Thus, they had 197 seashells altogether.