Kelly has 4 times as many songs as Lou in her music player. Tiffany had 6 times as many songs as Lou in her music player. All together they have 682 songs. How many does Kelly have?

Answer 1

Hi. Let's start by using some letters to signify each person.

K = Kelly

L = Lou

T = Tiffany

Now, the total of all the songs these three individuals have on their digital devices is 682. So K + L + T = 682.

We know that Kelly has four times as many songs as Lou, so K = 4L. We also know that Tiffany has six times as many songs as Lou, so T = 6L. We can substitute those values for K and T in our equation. So it becomes this:

4L + L + 6L = 682

11L = 682

682/11 = L

L = 62

So Lou has 62 songs on his device. If Kelly has four times the number of songs that Lou has, then she has 4 x 62 = 248 songs. If Tiffany has six times the number of songs that Lou has, then she has 6 x 62 = 372 songs.

Let's add those numbers up to see if they total 682. If they do, then we know we are right!

62 + 248 + 372 = 682. We are correct!!