can u help me?

<p>The houses in a certain community are numbered consecutively from 2019 to 2176. How many houses are in the community?
This looks easy, but it really gave me a surprise...</p>

<p>^Is it 158?</p>

<p>isn’t it 2176-2019+1?</p>

<p>yeah i just dont get why u add 1 to it… dont u subtract 2176 from 2019 and thats it?</p>