Adam has 22 apples. Jackie has 31 apples. How many more apples does Jackie have than Adam?
Adam has 22 apples. 
Jackie has 31 apples. 

How many more apples does Jackie have than Adam? 

We can solve this problem in two ways: 

1) We can subtract 22 from 31 and get 9. Jackie has 9 more apples than Adam. 
2) We can count up from 22 to 31. Jackie has 9 more apples than Adam.