Shelley was playing her favorite video game. Her character started with 100 health points, but lost 11 when she got in a fight. She lost 12 more health points when a monster attacked her. Luckily, a healing spell gave her 21 health points back.Shelley works out that she now has 98 health points. Does that sound about right?Choices:(A)Yes.(B)No, it is much too high.(C)No, it is much too low.
Q. Shelley was playing her favorite video game. Her character started with 100 health points, but lost 11 when she got in a fight. She lost 12 more health points when a monster attacked her. Luckily, a healing spell gave her 21 health points back.Shelley works out that she now has 98 health points. Does that sound about right?Choices:(A)Yes.(B)No, it is much too high.(C)No, it is much too low.
Start with 100 health: Shelley starts with 100 health points. She then loses 11 points in a fight, so we subtract 11 from 100.
Lose 11 points: After losing 11 points, Shelley has 89 health points left. She loses another 12 points due to a monster attack. We subtract 12 from 89.
Remaining 89 health: Post monster attack, Shelley has 77 health points. She then gains 21 points from a healing spell. We add 21 to 77.
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