Question

4. Ms. Renaud currently has 50 pencils and is buying more pencils in boxes of 25 each. She needs 300pencils for students during testing.Which equation correctly represents b, the number of boxes of pencils Ms. Renaud needs to buya) 25b - 50 = 300b= 14b) 25b - 50 = 300b= 10C) 50 + 25b = 300b= 10d) 50 + 25b = 300b = 14E

Answer 1

b represents the number of boxes of pencils Ms. Renaud needs to buy.

From the information given, each box contains 25 pencils. This means that the number of pencils in b boxes is

b * 25 = 25b

She needs 300 pencils for students during testing. If Ms. Renaud currently has 50 pencils and is buying more, it means that the equation that correctly represents b is

25b + 50 = 300

To solve for b, we would subtract 50 from both sides of the equation. We have

25b + 50 - 50 = 300 - 50

25b = 250

Dividing both sides of the equation by 25, we have

25b/25 = 250/25

b = 10