Question

Steve already has 5 flowers in his garden, and he can also grow 1 flower with every seed packet he uses. Write an equation that shows the relationship between the number of seed packets x and the total number of flowers y.

Answer 1

y = x + 5

Explanation:

Using the information provided we can create the following equation. Since every seed packet can grow 1 single flower we would need to multiply 1 by the number of seed packets (x), which simplified would be just x . Next we are told that Steve already has 5 flowers in his possession meaning we need to add this to the new flowers that he is growing to get the total number of flowers.

y = x + 5