Question

What sentence represents the number of points in the problem below?

A test is worth 50 points. Multiple-choice questions are worth 1 point, and
short-answer questions are worth 3 points. If the test has 20 questions, how
many multiple-choice questions are there?

Answer 1

D

Explanation:

The number of points is 50, and short answer questions are 3 pts. Multiple choices are 1 pts.

So we have 3s+m=50

Answer 2

Choice D.

Explanation:

The number of points is obtained by the number of points of each multiple choice question times the number of multiple choice questions added to the number of points of each short answer question times the number of short answer questions.

Since the total number of points is 50, then the number of points from the multiple choice questions plus the number of points from the short answer questions add up to 50 points.

Answer: Choice D.