Question

clarice drove the same distance on each of 4 days. Then on the fifth day she 48 miles more for a total of 828 miles. How many miles did she drive on each of first 4 days?

Answer 1

Problem
Clarice drove the same distance on each day for 4 days. Then on the 5th day she drove 48 miles more for a total of 828 miles. How many miles did she drive on each of the first 4 days?

Result
Clarice drove 195 miles the first 4 days.

Solution
We have to find out how many miles in total she drove the first 4 days. To find this, we have to do some subtraction.

828 - 48 = 780

780 = miles driven the first 4 days

Next, we have to find out how miles she drove each day. To do this, we'll use some division.

780 ÷ 4 = 195

Hope this helped!

Answer 2

As Clarice drove the same distance for 4 days we can write: 4x as the same number repeats each of these days. Therefore x is going to be the distance driven each of the first four days.

The fifth day she only drove 48 miles so we just write this number as we know it.

The total miles driven are 828 miles so that is going to be the final result.

Now we write it:

4x + 48= 828

4x=828 - 48

4x= 780

x= 780/4

x= 195 miles

To check if it is correct:

195 + 195 + 195 + 195 + 48 = 828 miles