Spot sells cookies in bags and boxes. Each bag has 7 cookies. Each box has 12 cookies. How many more cookies are in 8 boxes than there are in 9 bags?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
The total number of cookies in 8 boxes is 8 boxes * 12 cookies / box = 96 cookies. The total number of cookies in 9 bags is 9 bags * 7 cookies / bags = 63 cookies. There are 96 - 63 = 33 more cookies in the boxes than in the bags.
Thus, the answer is 33.