Question

The art teacher asks her students to cut apples from construction paper.Five apples can be cut from each sheet of paper.If she needs 1,045 apples how many sheets of paper does she need write an equation to find the unknown.Then find the unknown

Answer 1

The equation to find the number of sheets required to cut 1,045 apples can be given as:

`5x=1045`

where
`x` represents number of sheets.

`x=209`

Thus, 209 sheets can be used to cut 1,045 apples.

Explanation:

Given:

5 apples can be cut from each sheet of paper.

To write an equation to find the number of sheets required to cut 1,045 apples and find the number of sheets.

Solution:

Let the number of sheets required be =
`x`

Using unitary method to find the number apples that can be cut using
`x` sheets.

If 1 sheet can be used to cut 5 apples.

Then
`x` sheets can be used to cut =
`5x` apples.

We know that 1,045 apples. So, the equation to find
`x` is given as:

`5x=1045`

Solving for
`x`

Dividing both sides by 5

`(5x)/(5)=(1045)/(5)`

∴
`x=209`