Mrs Mthembu aims to sell 2500 avocado pears in a week. By the end of Tuesday she had sold 978 . How many more does she have to sell before the end of the week?

To find out how many more avocado pears Mrs. Mthembu needs to sell before the end of the week, we can follow these steps: 1. **Identify the total number of avocado pears she aims to sell**: - Total target = 2500 2. **Identify how many she has sold by the end of Tuesday**: - Sold by Tuesday = 978 3. **Calculate how many more she needs to sell**: - More to sell = Total target - Sold by Tuesday Now, let's perform the calculation: \[ \text{More to sell} = 2500 - 978 \] Calculating this gives: \[ \text{More to sell} = 2500 - 978 = 1522 \] Thus, Mrs. Mthembu needs to sell **1522 more avocado pears** before the end of the week.