Question

On Monday, Mr. Roberts drove 42 miles. On Tuesday, he drove 5 miles more than half the distance he drove on Monday. Which expression shows how you could find the distance, in miles, Mr. Roberts drove on Tuesday?( 42 ? 5 ) × 2 42 ? ( 5 × 2 ) ( 42 ÷ 2 ) ? 5 ( 42 ÷ 2 ) + 5

Answer 1

Answer: Last option

(42÷2) +5

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that Mr. Roberts drove 42 miles on Monday.

On Tuesday Mr. Roberts drove half of what he drove on Monday plus 5 miles.

If we want to know how many miles Mr. Roberts drove on Tuesday then we should divide 42÷2 to find half of 42.

$\frac{42}{2} = 21$

Then we know that in addition to the 21 miles he drove 5 more miles. Then we add 21 +5 = 26 miles.

So the expression that gives us the number of miles that Mr. Roberts drove on Tuesday is:

(42÷2) +5