Question

Miss Jones is buying erasers for her students. She already has 12
in her desk and needs a total of 50
erasers. They are sold in packs of
. Write an equation to show how many more packs of erasers she needs.
6x-12=50
12+6x=50
12x+6=50
12-6x=50

Answer 1

To find out how many more packs of erasers Miss Jones needs to buy, let's define \( x \) as the number of packs of erasers she needs to buy.

Given that she already has 12 erasers and needs a total of 50, we can express this situation as:

\[
12 + 6x = 50
\]

Here, \( 6x \) represents the number of erasers in \( x \) packs (since you mentioned they are sold in packs of 6).

So the correct equation from your options is:

**12 + 6x = 50**