22 red peaches, 221 yellow peaches and 39 green peaches are in the basket. How many more green peaches than red peaches are in the basket?
There are a total of 282 peaches in the basket. 

There are 22 red peaches in the basket. 

That means that there are 260 peaches that are not red in the basket. 

There are 221 yellow peaches in the basket. 

That means that there are 39 peaches that are not yellow in the basket. 

Since we know that all of the peaches in the basket are either red, yellow, or green, we can say that all of the peaches that are not red and are not yellow must be green. 

Therefore, there are 39 green peaches in the basket. 

Since we want to know how many more green peaches than red peaches are in the basket, we can subtract the number of red peaches from the number of green peaches. 

39 - 22 = 17 

There are 17 more green peaches than red peaches in the basket.