Question

Use the data in the paragraph below to make a table showing the number of tires reported in the warehouse every morning during the week. Use your table to answer the question below.

At the end of every evening, the stocking crew at a tire store puts out an additional 40 tires to what is left from that day’s sales to prepare for the next day. On Monday, the warehouse had an opening inventory of 48 tires. Tuesday, the stocking crew reported 70 tires. Wednesday morning, the inventory showed 66 tires. Thursday morning the tire count was 58 tires. By Friday morning, there were 46 tires.

How many tires did this store sell by the end of the day on Thursday?
a.
58 tires
c.
12 tires
b.
52 tires
d.
6 tires

Answer 1

12 tires ...is the answer