Question

Tim is placing bricks in a bucket. The

bucket weighs 3 pounds and each brick
weighs 2 pounds. How many bricks, b, has
Tim placed in the bucket when the total
weight is 15 pounds?

Answer 1

6

Explanation:

15-3=12

12/2=6

you have to take away 3 for the bucket then you are left with 12 being from the bricks so you divide by 2 ending with 6 bricks being in the bucket