Jerry had 15 action figures and 43 books on a shelf in his room. Later he added 3 more action figures to the shelf. How many more books than action figures were on his shelf?
Jerry had 15 action figures and 43 books on a shelf in his room. 

This means that we have a total of 58 items on the shelf. 

Later he added 3 more action figures to the shelf. 

This means that we now have a total of 61 items on the shelf. 

How many more books than action figures were on his shelf?

This means that we need to find out how many more books there are than action figures. 

We can do this by subtracting the total number of action figures from the total number of items on the shelf. 

61-18=43

This means that there are 43 more books than action figures on Jerry's shelf.