Read the word problem. hershel buys 5 bags of cookies, 3 bags of granola, and several bags of fruit snacks from a bake sale. in total, he buys 10 bags from the bake sale. how many bags of fruit snacks did hershel buy? which type of word problem is shown? part-whole comparison multiplication division

Answer : Hershel buys 2 bags of fruit snacks.

Explanation :

Since we have given that

Number of bags of granola =3

Number of bags of cookies = 5

Total number of bags he buys from the bake sale =10

So, number of bags of fruit snacks = 2

Hence, Hershel buys 2 bags of fruit snacks .

It is a comparison type of word problem.  

As we just compare the items with the total items to get the remaining items.