Question

Keyoka has some bows. she has 8 more purple bows than green bows. she has twice as many orange bows as purple bows. she has 9 green bows. how many bows does keyoka have altogether? student's solution: work backwards. keyoka has 9 green bows. she has 8 more purple bows than green bows (9 8 = 17). she has twice as many orange bows as purple bows (17 × 2 = 34). so keyoka has 9 17 34 or 60 bows. use a similar strategy to solve this problem. jessica has some markers. she has 5 more black markers than blue markers. she has 4 times as many red markers as black markers. she has 8 blue markers. how many markers does jessica have altogether?

Answer 1

The answer is 73 markers.

Jessica has 8 blue markers. She has 5 more black markers than blue markers (5 + 8 = 13). She has 4 times as many red markers as black markers (13 * 4 = 52). So Jessica has 8 + 13 + 52 or 73 markers.

Answer 2

Jessica has 8 + 13 + 52 or 73 markers.