Question

On Thursday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of
411
hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Thursday?

Answer 1

So total number of hamburgers sold are 411 ya?

Answer 2

Divide 411 by 3

Answer 3

that gets you 137

Answer 4

Well, we can represent the number of hamburgers sold as x, and the number of cheeseburgers 2x

Answer 5

Since the total is 411, you can write the equation as
x + 2x = 411

Answer 6

Then it would be 3x=411

Answer 7

137

Answer 8

As KJsaif said, you would divide 411 by 3 to get x

Answer 9

Correct!

Answer 10

137 is the amount of hamburgers. Because looking at it, you can see that the cheeseburger are "TWICE" the amount of hamburgers (137). 137 x 2 = what @Prince1342?

Answer 11

274

Answer 12

Correct! 274 + 137 = what?

Answer 13

411

Answer 14

I'll post more questions if you two would help me out, I really appreciate how you walked me through it but did it fast and made it simple, thank you so much

Answer 15

Correct!!! So......the amount of hamburgers sold were 137. And the amount of cheeseburgers are 274!

Answer 16

and ok! :D