i need help on a few questions please show me how its done
1. a teacher has 5 packets of mints and 6 single mints , the number of mints in each packet are the same .
can you help me on how to write an expression to show how many mints there are together. call the number in each pack "y"
please help me i havnt got a clue how to do it please!
thank you
2007-09-18 08:34:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
There are y mints in each packet
There are 5 packets
This gives 5 y mints
There are also 6 single mints to be added
Answer = 5y + 6 mints
2007-09-20 07:16:07 · answer #1 · answered by Como 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Each packet has y mints , so in the five packs there are 5 times y mints.
Also there are 6 single mints
Therefore in total you have [5(y) + 6] mints. Equation (i)
Also if you knew that each packet held, say, 12 mints then you would have a total of 5(12) +6 = 60 =6 = 66 mints.
Unless you know what y is, then you can only leave (i) in terms of y.
2007-09-18 15:46:07 · answer #2 · answered by Steve T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
okay, so, how would you work out the number of mints if you knew how many were in each pack? You would say you had 5 lots of 'y' plus the spare 6. so, x=5y+6, if x is what you use to represent the total number of mints that you have. Pretend there are 10 mints in a full pack to see how it works. You would have 5 x 10 + 6 = 56
2007-09-18 15:45:23 · answer #3 · answered by itchy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you don't know how many mints are in a packet, use a variable, in this case Y.
If there are 5 packets, that means you have 5y.
Adding on the extra 6, you have 5y+6 single mints.
The answer is 5y+6.
2007-09-18 20:25:04 · answer #4 · answered by Keys 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5y + 6
5 = the number of packets
y = the amount of mints in a packet
6 = the mints that aren't in a packet
2007-09-18 15:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by Ra Ra Ha Ha 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
5y+6
2007-09-19 15:00:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
5y+6
2007-09-18 15:47:04 · answer #7 · answered by fed up woman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The total number of mints is
5 * y + 6
It's not possible to calculate anything here.
2007-09-18 15:44:31 · answer #8 · answered by Voice of Insanity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋