Question

Kara has x pages to read for her science class. She wants to read the same number of pages

each night for 5 nights. She must read 8 pages a night. Write and solve an equation to find
out how many pages she needs to read all together.

Answer 1

x/5 = 8

x = 40

Explanation:

x/5 = 8

Multiply each side by 5

x/5 *5 = 8*5

x = 40