Question

Rita is planting saplings along her garden fence. When she started, she had x packages of saplings with 5 saplings per package. She planted 15 saplings and has at most 20 left. How many packages of saplings did she start with? What would the solution look like on a number line graph?

When Rita started,(blank) she had packages of saplings. The solution can be represented as (blank) with an arrow to the (blank) .

Answer 1

At most 7, closed circle, left

Explanation:

Answer 2

A. When Rita started, she had 7 packages of saplings.

B. If we represent x (number of packages of saplings) on a number line graph, it will start on number 4 (number of packages Rita still has) then moves to the right to number 7, that is the number of packages when Rita started to plant.

Explanation:

1. Let's review the information given to us to answer the question correctly:

Number of packages Rita started = x

Number of saplings per package = 5

Number of saplings planted by Rita = 15

Number of saplings left = 20

2. How many packages of saplings did she start with?

Number of packages Rita started = (Number of saplings planted by Rita + Number of saplings left)/Number of saplings per package

Replacing with the real values:

x = (15 + 20)/5

x = 35/5 = 7

When Rita started, she had 7 packages of saplings.

3. What would the solution look like on a number line graph?

If we represent x (number of packages of saplings) on a number line graph, it will start on number 4 (number of packages Rita still has) then moves to the right to number 7, that is the number of packages when Rita started to plant.