Question

Grace rakes led s every day for one week. She fills the same number of bags with leaves o each of the 5 weekdays. She fills 11 bags over the weekend. At the end of the week, Grace has filled a totallof 26 bags. She wants to know how many bags she filled each weekday.

bags filled on weekdays + bags filled on weekend = total bags filled
Let b equal the number of bags Grace filled each weekday.
5b + 11 = 26
How many bags of leaves did Grace fill each weekday?

Answer 1

3 bags of leaves each weekday

Explanation:

5b + 11 = 26

Subtract 11 from both sides.

5b = 15

Divide 5 on both sides.

b = 3

Grace filled 3 bags of leaves each weekday.