Question

hannah has 16 more beany creatures than twice the number of oscars beany creatures. if they hay 49 beany creatures between them,how many does each child have?

Answer 1

Let's make an algebra equation to figure this out!

We need to understand that Oscar has x because that is what we are measuring Hannah's number by. Hannah has 16 + 2 times what Oscar has so 16 + 2x.

We know that Hannah plus Oscar's equals 49.

Set it up like this:

(16 + 2x) + (x) = 49

Now distribute.

16 + 3x = 49 (Subtract 16 from each side to leave the variable on the left)

3x = 49 - 16 (Divide both sides by 3 to leave the variable with no multiplier)

x = 33/3 = 11

So Oscar has 11 (x) and Hannah has 38 (2x + 16). 11 + 38 is 49,