Which problem situation matches the equation below?

8x=64

A. Monika has 64 MB left on her cell phone data plan. If she used 8 MB, what is x, the number of MB she has remaining?

B.Hudson rode his bike 8 miles to school and back for 64 days. What is x, the total number of miles he rode his bike those days?

C. Madelynn earned $64 working at her part time job. If she earns $8 per hour, what is x, the number of hours she spent working?

D. Ava had $64 from money she collected from her birthday. She wanted to buy a shirt on sale for $8. How much money would she have left?

Question

Which problem situation matches the equation below?

         8x=64

A. Monika has 64 MB left on her cell phone data plan. If she used 8 MB, what is x, the number of MB she has remaining?

B.Hudson rode his bike 8 miles to school and back for 64 days. What is x, the total number of miles he rode his bike those days?

C. Madelynn earned $64 working at her part time job. If she earns $8 per hour, what is x, the number of hours she spent working?

D. Ava had $64 from money she collected from her birthday. She wanted to buy a shirt on sale for $8. How much money would she have left?

anonymous · Answer

B

usukidoll · Answer

we could try and work backwards on this. 
the last choice doesn't make sense because that's dealing with subtraction
64 - 8 = 56 dollars remaining and that doesn't work for 
8x=64

usukidoll · Answer

divide 8 on both sides first... for 8x=64

amazingme_16 · Answer

x= 8

usukidoll · Answer

yeah
so which choice makes sense?

since we have 8 x 8 = 64

amazingme_16 · Answer

Would it be C ?

usukidoll · Answer

yeah because
$8 an hour x  8 hours = $64 for the day

amazingme_16 · Answer

Ok, thanks