Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Darren and Patrick Challenge Yourself Q1

Write down a word problem such that the equation to be formed for solving the problem is 5x+4(x-10)=140.

Let x be number of apples. Sandy has 5x apples and Patrick has 40 less than 4x apples. Their total is 140. Find x using Equation.

1 comment:

  1. This is a very nice example. And it is simple yet informative.

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