Question

Lisa needs 125 pieces of candy for her guests at a party she is hosting. The candies come in packages of 35. She already has 20 pieces of candy left over from a previous party. How many packages of candy will Lisa have to buy to have 125 pieces of candy exactly? Create a two-step equation that models this problem and select which of the values below satisfies that equation.
A.
2
B.
3
C.
4
D.
5

Answer 1

She needs 125 pieces.
she has 20 pieces from the other party. So now she has left 105 to buy/get (since 20 she already has)

knowing that she has to get 105 pieces and each package is 35, she has to get

105/35 packages or \(\huge\color{blue}{ 3 ~~~PACKAGES. }\)

Answer 2

Makes sense ?

Answer 3

yes thank you :)

Answer 4

you welcome again.