Question

plz help gold medal will be rewardeBeth used zero point five pounds of sugar to empty a 5 pound bag. Beth wants to know how many pounds of sugar were previously used. Which of the following is a verbal model of this problem?

sugar used by Beth plus total sugar originally in the bag equals sugar previously used

sugar used by Beth minus sugar previously used equals total sugar originally in the bag

total sugar originally in the bag plus sugar previously used equals sugar used by Beth

sugar previously used plus sugar used by Beth equals total sugar originally in the bag

Answer 1

Think of it logically, if someone else used your sugar, and you used the rest of it so there is no more left, your answer would be?

Answer 2

Well you know she used 0.5 lbs of sugar and some amount previously so you can say,
x + 0.5lbs = 5lbs. So This means answer D, because its sugar previously used plus sugar used by Beth equals the total sugar originally in the bag.

Answer 3

0

Answer 4

is that right

Answer 5

sugar used by Beth plus total sugar originally in the bag equals sugar previously used

Answer 6

Well that would be 0.5+5=5.5 which is more than originally in the bag, so no.

Answer 7

total sugar originally in the bag plus sugar previously used equals sugar used by Beth

Answer 8

ugar previously used plus sugar used by Beth equals total sugar originally in the bag

Answer 9

sugar used by Beth minus sugar previously used equals total sugar originally in the bag

Answer 10

1,2,3, or 4

Answer 11

Ok lets try this find the previous amount used by finding x in (x+0.5=5). What is x?

Answer 12

uhhhhhh

Answer 13

im russian to the fridge

Answer 14

Ok what is 5-0.5

Answer 15

thats easy

Answer 16

Ok what is it?

Answer 17

4.5

Answer 18

Ok so that value there is sugar previously used. So now if you have sugar previously used plus sugar used by Beth you get what?

Answer 19

1964

Answer 20

Let me know when you want to figure this out