Question

Jenna is a contestant on the kids' game show, Spend or Switch! When she makes it up on stage, host Guy Granger takes out a stack of one hundred-dollar bills. He divides the bills evenly among all 6 contestants on stage. Each contestant receives 5 one hundred-dollar bills.

Which equation can you use to find the number of bills b in Guy Granger's stack?

Answer 1

Explanation:

b = 6×5 = 30

he had 30 bills in his stack.

since everyone of the 6 contestants got the same number of bills (5), the total number of bills is therefore 5+5+5+5+5+5, 6 times 5, which we write in mathematics as 6×5 = 30.