Question

Beth 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

I will give a medal

Answer 2

say you make some coffee, and then you reach to your sugar bag, you know is near empty, you drop everything in the pitcher of coffee, tis only 1/2lb left

the bag is a 5lbs bag, you only took 1/2lb to empty it

so, what do you think how much was in it?

Answer 3

ill give u the answers in a second hold on.

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

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

Answer 8

Those are the answers

Answer 9

so... Beth only used 1/2lb .... the bag is a 5lbs bag... how much was it used?

Answer 10

lemme put it differently.... you come back home, and find out the house was burglarized, well the burglar only took sugar

when you went out, you had a full 5lbs bag of sugar, when you came back, you only had 1/2lb left

how much did the burglar take?

Answer 11

heheh.... the bag of sugar when full is 5lbs, Beth only used 1/2 or 0.5lbs
so 5 - 0.5 = 4.5

4.5lbs were used previously

4.5 used, plus 0.5 Beth used, = 5lbs

so which one do you think it's?

Answer 12

\[x+\frac{1}{2}=5 \]sugar previously used plus sugar used by Beth equals total sugar originally in the bag