Problema Solution
Mrs. Santiago baked 1 500 muffins. She sold 360 muffins on monday. She sold 143 more muffins on tuesday than on monday and 132 fewer muffins on wednesday than on tuesday. How many muffins did she have left?
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She sold 360 muffins on Monday.
She sold 143 more muffins on Tuesday than on Monday: 360 + 143 = 503 muffins.
She sold 132 fewer muffins on Wednesday than on Tuesday: 503 - 132 = 371 muffins.
Altogether she sold 360 + 503 + 371 = 1234.
She has 1500 - 1234 = 266 muffins left.