Question

Karsyn is getting ready for her date. She has 20 outfits to choose from. Half of her

clothes are dirty. Her mom washed 3 more outfits, how many outfits would Karsyn have
had to choose from if she did her laundry?

Identify the variable:

Write the equation:

How many outfits did she have?

Answer 1

Well if she has 20 outfits and half of them are dirty then it’d be 10. This is because 20/2=10 but then if her mom washed 3 then it’d be 13. 10+3=13