Jeannie is 8 years older than her younger sister April. When added together, their ages equal 198. How old is April?
A.
27
B.
35
C.
95
D.
103

Question

Jeannie is 8 years older than her younger sister April. When added together, their ages equal 198. How old is April?
A.
27
B.
35
C.
95
D.
103

anonymous · Answer

@jigglypuff314 could you help

anonymous · Answer

What plus 8 = 198?

anonymous · Answer

190

anonymous · Answer

You could subtract 198-8 and get the answer.

anonymous · Answer

Correct. That is your answer. :)

anonymous · Answer

BUT for some reason that answer is not up on the board.....

unanimoose · Answer

Um.

unanimoose · Answer

"Jeannie is 8 years older than her younger sister April."

jigglypuff314 · Answer

Of course! :)

Let's make some variables first
make  "Jeannie" be represented by    J
and  "April" be represented by     A

then making words into math talk
"is" means "equals" ->  "="
"older than" -> "+"
so in the First Sentence we can get  
J = 8 + A

anonymous · Answer

I know what I did wrong lol. The pixels on my screen sometimes get mixed up.

butterflydreamer · Answer

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