Question

Charlie has some candy. He shares ten pieces with Betsy and is left with 24 pieces. Which equation should I use to solve this problem?

Group of answer choices

x-10=24

x+24=10

24-10=x

Answer 1

x - 10 = 24

Explanation:

We Know

He shares 10 pieces with Betsy and is left with 24 pieces. Meaning subtract 10 will equal 24.

We don't know how many candies he has, so let x represent the number of candies he has.

We have the equation is

x - 10 = 24

Answer 2

Use x-10=24, which equals 14.

Explanation:

He has an unknown number/variable which represents x.

So do x-10=24.

To find that you can do 24-10, to get the answer of 14.