Sandy has a love for shoes. This week she bought 6 new pairs of shoes to add to her wardrobe. Sandy's husband said that they had no more room for all of these shoes! Sandy agreed that maybe
she has a shoe problem and so she agreed to cut the number of shoes she owns in half, so now she
only has 58 pairs of shoes. Her husband was relieved. How many shoes did Sandy own at the start of
this story?
1) Write an equation to represent the situation above. Use "s" as your variable.
2) How many shoes did Sandy own at the start of this story?
pairs of shoes