Question

Sinah bought some packs of gum. There were 8 sticks of gum in each pack. She gave 12 sticks of gum to manuela. This left sinah with 28 sticks of gum. Which equation can be used to represent this situation where g is the number of packs of gum that sinah bought?

Answer 1

8g = 12 + 28

g = 5 packs

Explanation:

Share of the sticks of gum

Manuela = 12 sticks

Sinah = 28 sticks

There are 8 sticks in each pack

g = number of packs of gum that sinah bought?

g × 8 sticks = 12 sticks + 28 sticks

8g = 40

Divide both sides by 8

g = 40 / 8

g = 5 packs