Question

Jess read 3/5 of a book. She has 60 more pages to read. How many pages does the book have?

Answer 1

She needs to read another 2 / 5 of the book.

x = pages

She has 60 more pages to read means:

2 / 5 x = 60

Multiply both sides by 5

2 x = 300

x = 300 / 2

x = 150

Answer 2

Jess read 3/5 of a book. She has 60 more pages to read. How many pages does the book have?

So we know that 2/5 of the book is 60 pages so we can divide that by 2 to get how many pages in each 1/5

60 divided by 2 is 30

So now we multiply 30 by 5

and we get the answer

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