Question

Some bikes and trikes are on the playground. There are 7 seats and 19 wheels. How many bikes are there? How many trikes are there? Show your work.

Answer 1

1 bike = 2 wheels, one seat
so 19 /2 =9.5 =9 wheels
4 bikes
one tricycle = 3 wheels one seat
6 trikes

Answer 2

okay here we go!
1. I'm a visual person so i would start by drawing circles for the wheels.
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
2. I tried separating them by threes
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo o
2 By two's
oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo o
3. then i started to count
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo = 15 and i still had 4 left over
oo oo = 4 and that would equal to 19 wheels!

the answer is: there are 5 trikes and 2 bicycles!!!!!
Hope that helped!
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