Question

Allison has 5 times as many baseball cards as football cards. In all, she has 120 baseball and football cards. How many baseball cards does Allison have?

Answer 1

If Jim has x football cards He will have 5x baseballs cards Thus x + 5x = 120 > total # of cards 6x = 120 x= 120/6 = 20 so Jim has 5x baseball cards = 20*5 =100 baseball cards