Question

Melissa bought 40 books. Melissa bought 8 times as many books as Brian. Let b be the number of books that Brian bought

(a) Write an estuation that relates the number of books that they bought.
Use 40, b, and 8
(b) Find b.

Answer 1

a) 40 = 8b

b) b = 5

Explanation:

(b) 40 = 8 × b

40 ÷ 8 = b

5 = b