Question

A movie theater shows m movies each day from Monday through Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, the theater shows 48 movies each day. If the theater shows 256 movies each week how many movies m does the theater show from Monday through Friday?

Answer 1

The equation is 5m+2(48)=256. 2(48)= 96. So 5m+96=256. Next subtract 96 from 256 to get 160. 5m=160. Now divide 160 by 5 and the answer is m= 30. 30 movies each day from Monday to Friday.

Answer 2

32 days.

256= 7 days

2 x 48 = 2 days

256- (48x 2) = 7 days - 2 days

256- 96 = 5 days

160 = 5 days

160/5 = 5/5

32 = 1 day