Question

26 Use a letter to represent the unknown, and then write an equation and use it to solve the word problem.

Brooke read 3, 237 pages during the fourth grade.
She read 8, 421 pages in fourth and fifth grades combined.
How many pages did Brooke read in fifth grade?
Part A
Write an equation using the letter p to represent the unknown.
Part B
Use your equation to answer the question.
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Answer 1

Answer: 5,184 pages

Explanation:

Equation: 8,421 - 3,237 = p or p + 3,237 = 8,421

Knowing that Brooke read 3,237 pages in the fourth grade, the remainder is going to be the amount of pages she read in the fifth grade.

With the information given and the variable (p) we can use this to create an equation and find the answer.

Hope this helps

[7th Grader]