Question

Lindsay and menonhave 1,240 stickers.menon has 4 times as many stickers as Lindsay.menon decides to have 6 stickers on each page of an album.a.how many stickers does menon have?b.after menon fills some pages in album,how many stickers are left over?c.How many stickers does he need to complete one more page?

Answer 1

you start out with these equations:
m=menon's stickers
l=lindsay's stickers

1240=l+m
m=4l

Then, you can use substitution. Plug in 4l for the m in the first equation.

1240=l+4l

Then simplify.

1240=5l

Divide.

1240/5=5l/5
248=l

Now you have the value for l and you can plug it in the second equation to figure out what m equals.

m=4 (248)
m=992

Answer 2

a. 992 stickers

b. 2 stickers

c. 4 stickers

Explanation:

Let Lindsay has x stickers,

∵ Menon has 4 times as many stickers as Lindsay,

So, the number of stickers Menon has = 4x,

Thus, the total stickers = x + 4x = 5x

According to the question,

5x = 1240

⇒ x = 248,

a. Thus, the number of stickers Menon has = 4x = 4(248) = 992,

b. If Menon fills some pages in album such that each page contains 6 stickers,

Then the number of such pages =
`\frac{\text{stickers contained by Menon}}{6}`

`=(992)/(6)`

= 165 pages and 2 stickers,

Thus, 2 stickers are left over.

c. ∵ Every page contains 6 stickers,

I.e. he needs 4 more stickers for one more page.