Question

Its a 7th grade ques, very easy. Please help

Construct an equation from the given information and then solve it :
I put the same number of chocolate buttons on each of seven cakes. I had 40 buttons at the start and now have 5 buttons left over. How many did i put on each cake ?

Answer 1

i do know that the answer is 5 but construct an equation and explain.

Answer 2

hi

Answer 3

plz help

Answer 4

ok, let x be the number of chocolate buttons on each cake

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

you have 7 cakes,
so total number of chocolate buttons=\(7 \times x\)
ok?

Answer 7

yeah

Answer 8

i meant total chocolate buttons on the cake

Answer 9

but there were still 5 buttons left over,
so the total number of buttons 7x+5 (7x on the cake, 5 which are left over)

Answer 10

ok?

Answer 11

yeah

Answer 12

then ?

Answer 13

the question says u had 40 buttons in total
so 7x+5=40

Answer 14

ok?

Answer 15

yeah

Answer 16

so this is your equation
7x+5=40

Answer 17

can u solve it?

Answer 18

7x = 40-5
7x=35
x=35/7
x=5

Answer 19

yep thats right :)

Answer 20

@American.Eagle got it?

Answer 21

any question?

Answer 22

no

Answer 23

thanks a lot