Question

There are few spoons and forks on the table. There are a total of $19$ spoons and forks. If there are $5$ more spoons than forks, select the correct equation to find the number of forks.

• A. $19-9=10$
• B. $19-8=11$
• C. $19-12=7$
• D. $19-4=5$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $19-12=7$

Solution: Option C

Say: The total number of forks and spoons is given.

Ask:
What is the total number of spoons and forks?
Ans: $19$

How many more spoons are there than the forks?
Ans: $5$

What do we need to find here?
Ans: Number of forks

How can we find the number of forks?
Ans: By subtracting number of spoons from the total number, i.e., total number – number of spoons = number of forks.

Which equation from options will help us find out the number of forks?
Ans: Option C, i.e., $19–12=7$

Why do you think so?
Ans: The difference in the equation i.e., number of forks is $7$, and the smaller number in the equation, i.e., number of spoons is $12$. Here, we can say that the number of spoons is $5$ more than the number of forks because $12$ is $5$ more than 7, i.e., $7+5=12.$

What is the number of forks?
Ans: $7$

How is the subtraction equation written here?
Ans: By subtracting the smaller number, i.e., $12$ from the greater number, i.e., $19$ we get a difference of $7$.

Hence, Option C is correct.


WB: If required, use the whiteboard to represent the total number of forks and spoons using counters on a number frame. Then cross out the number of spoons as shown and write the subtraction equation.