Question

Ollie decides to read $392$ pages on Saturday and $249$ pages on Sunday to finish a whole book. She actually reads $400$ pages on Saturday. Answer the following questions:
(i) How many pages will she read on Sunday to finish the book?
(ii) How many pages does the book have in total?

• A. $\left(i\right)214,\left(ii\right)614$
• B. $\left(i\right)264,\left(ii\right)664$
• C. $i)241,(ii)641$
• D. $\left(i\right)240,\left(ii\right)640$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $i)241,(ii)641$

Ollie’s plan was to read the entire book in $2$ days.
Number of pages to be read on Saturday: $392$ pages
Number of pages to be read on Sunday: $249$ pages

She reads $400$ pages on Saturday.

She wanted to read $392$ pages on Saturday but she actually read $400$ pages. So, she read $8$ extra pages. Thus, we add $8$ to $392$. This gives us $400$.
Since she read $8$ pages more on Saturday, she will have to read $8$ fewer pages on Sunday. So, we subtract $8$ from $249$. This gives us $241$.
So, the total numbers of pages in the book $=400+241=641$