Question

A science test has multiple choice questions and short answer questions. Each multiple choice question is worth 2 points and each short answer is worth 5 points. Write an equation to represent the total points possible for the test.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of multiple choice questions in the science test.

Let y represent the number of short answer questions in the science test.

Each multiple choice question is worth 2 points and each short answer is worth 5 points. This means that x multiple choice questions would be worth 2x points and y short answer questions would be worth 5y points

Therefore, an equation to represent the total points possible for the test would be

2x + 5y