Next on his checklist is wax to stick the feathers together and colors to paint them. He needs a total of 48 g of colors to paint them. If the feathers require 31 g of wax and right now he just needs 15 g How many grams of wax does he already have?
1. He needs a total of 48 g of colors to paint them.
2. If the feathers require 31 g of wax
3. and right now he just needs 15 g

So we can say that he has 31-15=16 g of wax.