Question

Which steps could be used to solve this story problem? Julie has 36 muffins to pack into boxes. She has one box that will hold 12 muffins and then the rest she will put into bags with 6 muffins each. How many bags of 6 muffins will Julie be able to make?
Which steps could be used to solve this story problem? A.
Subtract 12 from 36. Then divide the difference by 6.

B.
Divide 36 by 12 and 12 by 6. Then add the 2 quotients together.

C.
Add 6 and 12. Then add 36 to the sum.

D.
Subtract 12 from 36. Subtract 6 from the difference as many times as possible. Count how many times 6 was subtracted.

Answer 1

I think the answer is A. because to find how many bags of 6 muffins there are, you have to subtract 12 first.

The equation is 12 + 6x = 36.

To find x, you have to start from the back. When you move equations to the back, the sign changes. 

36 - 12 = 24
(I changed the sign from addition to subtraction)

24 / 6 = 4

x = 4
x = amount of 6-muffin bags.

That's why the answer is A.

hope this helped☺☺

Answer 2

The correct answer is A