Question

Jenny ran 5 more miles this week than she ran last week. Let t be the number of miles she ran last week. Write an expression that tells how many miles she ran this week.

Answer 1

t + 5

Explanation:

In this problem, you have to recognize what the information is telling you in terms of the vocabulary used. For example, the first sentence tells us that she ran 5 more miles than last week. This is key because it lets us know that our expression will have an addition sign.

Once you recognize that the problem is telling you to add 5 to her previous distance, you get a final expression of t + 5. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

t+5+x

Explanation:

It says Jenny ran 5 more miles than last week so you find the number from last week then add 5. X is the miles she ran this week