Question

Grace rakes leaves everyday for one week. She fills the same number of bags with leaves on each of the 5 weekdays. She fills 11 bags over the weekend. At the end of the week, Grace has filled a total of 26 bags. She wants to know how many bags she filled each weekday.

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

1. Bags filled on weekdays + bags filled on weekends = total bags filled

2. 5b + 11 = 26

3. Isolate variable (subtract 11 from both sides) = 5b=15

4. Divide both sides by 5 = 15/5 = 3

5. How many bags does Grace fill each weekday? = 3

Answer 2

3 bags per weekday

Explanation:

Total bags of leaves at the end of the week = 26 bags

Bags of leaves she fills over the weekend = 11 bags

Bags of leaves she fills during weekdays = x bags

Total bags of leaves at the end of the week = Bags of leaves she fills over the weekend + Bags of leaves she fills during weekdays

26 = 11 + x

Subtract 11 from both sides

26 - 11 = 11 - 11 + x

15 = x

x = 15 bags

If she fills the same number of bags with leaves on each of the 5 weekdays.

how many bags she filled each weekday.

Bags she filled each weekday = Total Bags of leaves she fills during weekdays / 5 weekdays

= 15 bags / 5 weekdays

= 3 bags per weekday