Pam laid three times as many tiles on Saturday as she laid on Sunday. If Pam laid 80 tiles over the weekend altogether, how many tiles did she lay on Saturday?

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prathamesh_m · Answer

Let the number of tiles laid on Sunday be x. Then the number of tiles laid on Saturday will be 3x. The sum of those two would be the total number of tiles, i.e., 80.

prathamesh_m · Answer

So once you find x, 3x would be the number of tiles laid on Saturday.

deathlynine · Answer

So the equation would be x + 3x = 80?

prathamesh_m · Answer

Yes that's right.

deathlynine · Answer

Can you check my answer?
x + 3x = 80
4x = 80
4x/4 = 80/4
20 <----- I got this, is this correct?

prathamesh_m · Answer

Yes that's the value of x.

deathlynine · Answer

ok thanks for helping me. :)

prathamesh_m · Answer

np