Question

1. Emmanuel bought 27 lb of potting soil this week. This amount is 5 lb more than twice the amount of potting soil he bought last week. Answer the following questions to find the number of pounds of soil Emmanuel purchased last week.
(a) What are you being asked to find?
(b) Write an equation to model the problem.
(c) How many pounds of potting soil did Emmanuel buy last week? Show the calculations

Answer 1

(a) What are you being asked to find?

the number of pounds of soil Emmanuel purchased last week

(b) Write an equation to model the problem.

Let x = amount of potting soil Emmanuel bought last week.

2x + 5 = 27

(c) How many pounds of potting soil did Emmanuel buy last week? Show the calculations

2x + 5 = 27

Subtract 5 from both sides.

2x = 22

Divide both sides by 2.

x = 11

Answer: Emmanuel bought 11 lb of potting soil last week.