Question

There are \[123\] apples in the orchard. The farmer plucks \[61\] of them. How many apples does he have?
A. \[60\]
B. \[61\]
C. \[62\]
D. \[63\]

Answer 1

Hint: Write down the given quantities. We are asked to find after the farmer plucks \[61\] apples, what will the remaining number of apples be. For this recall the concept of finding the remaining number of items in a group when some items are removed. Use the given quantities to find the answer.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Given, total number of apples , \[T = 123\]
Apples plucked by the farmer \[P = 61\]
Let the remaining number of apples be \[R\]
We are asked to find the remaining number of apples.
Whenever we are asked to find the remaining items from the total number of items when some items are removed, we subtract the removed items from the total number of items.
Here total numbers of apples are \[T = 123\] and the farmer plucked \[P = 61\] apples, so we subtract \[P\] from \[T\] .
So, remaining numbers of apples are,
 \[R = T - P\]
Putting the values of \[T\] and \[P\] we get,
 \[R = 123 - 61 \\
  R = 62 \]
Therefore, the farmer would now have \[62\] apples.
So, the correct answer is “Option C”.

Note: It is a simple question based on the concept of subtraction. There are four basic operations in mathematics which are addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. If in this question it was given instead of plucking some more apples were added to the farmer’s orchard then we would need to add those numbers of apples to the total number of apples. Always remember the difference between the basic operations.