Question

Sarah has $6$ apples. If Sarah gives $2$ apples to her friend James, how many apples does Sarah have?

• A. $6$
• B. $4$
• C. $5$
• D. $10$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $4$

Initially, Sarah has $6$ apples.

If Sarah gives $2$ apples to her friend James, then the number of apples possessed by Sarah would be equal to $6-2$.

Let's consider a red circle as $1$ apple.


To find the value of $(6-2)$, we can think of taking $2$ apples from $6$ apples, which we can illustrate as follows:


In the above diagram, the subtraction sign denotes taking off $2$ apples from $6$ apples, and we left with $4$ apples.

So, after giving $2$ apples to James, Sarah is left with $4$ apples, i.e., option (b.) is the correct one.