1. 3.5a Homework Name: ___________________________ Date:______________
Directions: Write an equation using a letter to represent the unknown number in each part of the word problem. Then solve.
Ben’s bakery sold 3,789 chocolate chip cookies. Nick’s bakery sold 4 times as many as Ben’s.
How many chocolate chip cookies did Nick’s bakery sell?
Let n represent the number of chocolate chip cookies Nick’s bakery sold.
How many cookies did the two bakeries sell in total?
Let c represent the number of cookies both bakeries sold.
Mrs. McCormick orders 84 stickers for the students in her class. She ordered enough stickers for everyone to have exactly 7 stickers. Haw many students are in Mrs. McCormick’s class?
Let s represent the number of students in the class.