a museum has 324 oil paintings, 227 watercolors paintings, and 158 statues. about how many more oil and watercolor paintings does the museum have than statues?

Respuesta :

324 (oil paintings) + 227 (watercolor paintings) = 551
You need to know how many more oil and watercolor paintings there are than statues so you take those 158 statues from 551 oil and watercolor paintings:

551-158= 393 --> there are 393 more oil and watercolor paintings than statues in the museum

Answer:

The more number of oil and water paintings the museum has as compared to statues is:

                            393          

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that:

A museum has 324 oil paintings, 227 watercolors paintings, and 158 statues.

The total number of oil and watercolor paintings are:

       324+227= 551

Hence, the quantity of the oil and watercolor paintings which are more than statues is:

  551-158= 393