IXL | Solve one-step multiplication and division equations: word problems

Tanvi's favorite holiday activity is making gingerbread houses. She always uses 7 pieces of licorice to make a window. This year, Tanvi used 56 pieces of licorice for the windows on her gingerbread house.

Let

represent how many windows are on Tanvi's gingerbread house this year. Which equation models the problem?

Solve this equation to find how many windows are on Tanvi's gingerbread house.

windows

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Maggie and her classmates are making cupcakes in baking class. Their teacher divides a bag of candy flowers evenly among 6 students at the table. Each student gets 3 candy flowers to use for decorating.

Let

represent how many candy flowers were in the bag to start. Which equation models the problem?

Solve this equation to find how many candy flowers were in the bag to start.

candy flowers

key idea

If you multiply or divide by the same number on both sides of an equation, the two sides will still be equal.

solution

Start by listing the information given in the problem:

There were
f
candy flowers in the bag to start.
The teacher divides the bag of candy flowers among 6 students.
Each student gets 3 candy flowers.

This equation models the problem.

f	÷	6	=	3

candy flowers in the bag		number of students		candy flowers for each student

Division can also be written using a fraction. So, you can use the equation

to find how many candy flowers were in the bag to start.

Use inverse operations to solve for

Since this equation shows dividing by

you should multiply by 6 on both sides to solve.

There were 18 candy flowers in the bag to start.

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Lesson: Solving equations

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