7th grade Math April 12

Question

Noah and his sister are making gift bags for a birthday party. Noah puts 3 pencil erasers in each bag. His sister puts x stickers in each bag. After filling 4 bags, they have used a total of 44 items.

Answer 1

44 items in 4 bags means there are 11 items in each bag (44/4).

Each bag has 3 erasers + x stickers. So, 3 + x = 11

Subtract three from each side of the equation to isolate the variable (x):

3 + x - 3 = 11 - 3

x = 8