Question

Ms. Smith had 70 stickers to give to students. She gave 3 to each student and still had 5 left. How many students were there? Write an equation to find the number of students who got stickers. Your answer should be an equation, not a number. *

Answer 1

`3x+5=70`

Explanation:

Given:

Total number of stickers
`=70`

Number of stickers given to each student
`=3`

To find: an equation to find the number of students who got stickers\

Solution:

Let
`x` denotes number of students.

So,

Number of stickers given to students
`=3x`

Stickers left
`=5`

Total number of stickers
`=3x+5`

Therefore,

`3x+5=70`