two step equation

Question

A grocery store receives a 180-pound crate containing six 10-pound bags of potatoes and an unknown number of 5-pound bags of potatoes. Choose an equation that represents the number of bags of potatoes in the crate.

Answer 1

Hi Scar,

There are no choices included in your question but I included the following to help you.

I am assuming that the crate is completely filled.

Let's use the variable, x, to represent the number of 5 pound bags.

Then we can write and solve the following equation to solve this problem

5x + 6*(10) = 180

5x + 60 =180

5x + 60- 60= 180 - 60

5x = 120

5x/5 =120/5

x = 24 five- pound bags