Paco had 26 cookies. He ate 48 cookies and gave 35 of them to his friend. How many more cookies did he eat than those he gave to his friend?
Paco had 26 cookies. 
He ate 48 cookies. 
He gave 35 cookies to his friend. 

We want to know how many more cookies he ate than those he gave to his friend. 

We can solve this problem by subtracting the number of cookies he gave to his friend from the total number of cookies he ate. 

48 - 35 = 13 

Paco ate 13 more cookies than those he gave to his friend.