My question is: On the first day of the garden center sale, 14 marigolds were sold. The next day 25 more marigolds were sold. On the third day the center sold two times the number of marigolds it did on the day before. How many marigolds were sold during the sale? Your thoughts:
When you add the first two days you get 14 + 25 = 39 marigolds. On the third day they sold 25 * 2 = 50 marigolds. During the three day sale 39 + 50 = 89 marigolds were sold. The final answer: 89.