real world situation for the problem 40x = 100 + 15x

Question

40x = 100 + 15x . a story problem for it

Answer 1

In the REAL WORLD, equations come about from situations that have to be figured out to advance some kind of project.

 

Now, in the Common Core reformation world, equations are dropping into your life and you are asked to invent the problem!  Whew!

 

Perhaps this: "I am thinking of some number that, when multiplied by forty, equals one hundred more than 15 times it."

 

SEEMS A LITTLE LAME, doesn't it?