Question

Gilberto’s grandfather gives him $5 for his birthday and then $.50 for each math question he answers correctly on his math exams for the year. Write an equation that represents the amount of money that Gilberto receives during the school year. Explain what the variables and numbers mean.

Answer 1

Therefore total amount of money that he got is = $(5+0.50x) [ x = number of correct math]

Explanation:

Given, Gilberto's grandfather gives him $5 for his birthday and then$0.50 for each math he answers correctly on his math exam for the year.

Let , the number of math that he answers correctly on his his math exam for the year is x

Therefore he got = $(0.50× x) =$ 0.50x for doing correct math.

Therefore total amount of money that he got is = $(5+0.50x) [ x = number of correct math]