Question

Tim count his friends fingers by fives. he counts the fingers on six hands. what number does he say?

Answer 1

30 fingers  is what he said. 5 x 6 = 30                                       

Answer 2

For this case, the first thing we must do is define variables.

We have then:

x: number of hands

y: number of fingers

We have then that the equation that models the problem is given by:

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For 6 hands we have:

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Answer:

The number of fingers that Tim should say is 30