Question

Sofia and Tim are rolling marbles down a track. Sofia has 20 marbles. She has 4 times as many marbles as Tim. Tim has m marbles. Choose Yes or No to indicate whether the equation correctly indicates how to solve for m. m 41 x 20 Yestino Yes NO b. 2014 m and yes Du No a. c. m 5 X 4 me 4 Yes No

Answer 1

If Tim has m marbles and Sofia has 4 times as many marbles than him, we can say she has 4m marbles.

However, Sofia has a total ammount of 20 marbles, which means:

4m = 20

Dividing both sides by 4, we get:

m = 20 / 4

So we can say:

a. No

b. Yes

c. No

Answer: a. No, b. Yes, c. No