Question

Chas and Tyler have been collecting video games. Chas has 25 video games, and Tyler has m video games. Together they have a total of 65 video games. Write an equation to describe this situation.

Answer 1

25+m=65

Explanation:

1. Chas has 25 video games, and Tyler has an unknown number of video games, which we're calling m. All together, they have 65 video games.

2. We can represent Chas and Tyler's video games as a sum:

25 + m

We know that together they have 65 video games.

3. We can set these two expressions equal to describe this situation with an equation:

25 + m = 65

We can also write this as m+25 = 65,65=m+25, or 65 =25+m

4. The equation is 25+m=65 or any of the equivalent equations above.

Answer 2

25 + m = 65

Explanation:

Chas has 25 video games. Add to this the number the video games Tyler has which is m. This makes the expression 25 + m. This is equal to 65 games. So, the total number of video games is 25 + m = 65.