Mrs. Johnson has 159 chickens that she puts in shelters at night to keep safe. She places 12 chickens in a shelter and continues putting this number of chickens in each shelter until she comes to the last one. How many chickens will Mrs. Johnson put in the last shelter?

3 chickens will Mrs. Johnson put in the last shelter

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the question,

Given,Mrs. Johnson has 159 chickens that she puts in shelters at night to keep safe. She places 12 chickens in a shelter .

thus,If she put 12 chickens in each 13 shelters ( 12×13=156 chickens) adjusted in shelters .

Then, the remaining 159-156 = 3 chicken will Mrs. Johnson put in the last shelter .

step-by-step explanation:

always plug in x. in this case, x equals 4.

i'm going to first solve 4(2+3x)

1) 4(2+3(4)) use pemdas to solve.

i'm going to multiply whats in the parenthesis first, so 3 times 4=12.

2)4 (2+12) i'm then going to multiply 4 by both numbers in the parenthesis (because multiplying comes before adding)

4 times 2= 8.   4 times 12= 48

4) (8+48)= 56 (answer)

i'm then going to solve 8+12x and plug in 4 for x.

1) 8 +12(4)

multiplying comes before adding, so i'm gonna multiply 12 and 4.

12 times 4= 48.

2) 8+48=56

both equal the same!

step-by-step explanation:

1. practice, practice & more practice

2. review errors

3. master the key concepts

do not try to memorise the processes.

4. understand your doubts.

5. create a distraction free study environment

6. create a mathematical dictionary

7. apply maths to real world problems.