Question

Last year, the school library had a total of x books. Over the summer, the library acquired another 48 books and now has a total of 3,011 books. Which equation could be used to find x, the number of books the library had last year?
A. x + 48 = 3,011
B. 48x = 3,011
C. 3,011 + x = 48
D. x - 48 = 3,011

Answer 1

@ShadowLegendX

Answer 2

What do you think?

Answer 3

medal and fan for best answer

Answer 4

IDK

Answer 5

lol

Answer 6

Well you know that the total is 3,011, so whatever the equation may be, it must have a =3,011.

you also know that there are now 48 more books, so a +48 would be ideal.

Answer 7

What do you think the answer is now?

Answer 8

Last year, the school library had a total of x books. Over the summer, the library acquired another 48 books and now has a total of 3,011 books. Which equation could be used to find x, the number of books the library had last year?

They started with x
They added 48
Came up with a total of 3,011

Does any of the answers look similar to what I said?

Answer 9

1 second @ShadowLegendX let me answer @dtan5457

Answer 10

D

Answer 11

Ok. Let me know when you got your answer

Answer 12

Hmm, that's pretty close, but why you would SUBTRACT 48?

Answer 13

I mean B

Answer 14

srry

Answer 15

its B for sure B

Answer 16

"B. 48x = 3,011"

No. lol

Answer 17

OOOOOOOO lol

Answer 18

its A

Answer 19

The = 3,011 is correct. But why would you multiply or subtract 48?

Answer 20

Yes, it's A.

Answer 21

Yay!

Answer 22

Good job lol, word problems can be tricky sometimes..but there is no mathematical work to be done here. just look closely next time :)