Astudent solved this problem by working backwards.
riley has some gerbils. he has 4 tim...
Mathematics, 29.01.2020 06:52 boos70
Astudent solved this problem by working backwards.
riley has some gerbils. he has 4 times as many as lukas. lukas has 2 gerbils. riley gave 5 away and bought 2 more. how many gerbils does riley have now?
students's solution: lukas has 2 gerbils, so riley had 2 × 4 to begin with. so riley had 8 gerbils. he gave away 5, so 8 – 5 = 3. he bought 2, so 2 + 3 = 5. so riley has 5 gerbils.
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