When solving a word problem, what step should you always do after reading the problem, but prior to writing the equation?

Ateacher asked his students to vote for an animal to be their class pet. five-eighteenths of the students voted for a rabbit, voted for a snake, and voted for a hamster. which statement is true? more students voted for a hamster than a snake. more students voted for a snake than a rabbit. more students voted for a rabbit than a hamster. more students voted for a snake than a hamster.

Mrs. morton has a special reward system for her class. when all her students behave well, she rewards them by putting 3 marbles into a marble jar. when the jar has 100 or more marbles, the students have a party. right now, the the jar has 24 marbles. how could mrs. morton reward the class in order for the students to have a party?

You can find the constant of proportionality by finding the ratio of