Question

Krista and Alexa played balloon darts in a school fair. Krista popped 6 balloons, which is 1 balloon less than Alexa. Complete the working equation that represents the number of balloons, b

Answer 1

Let \( b \) represent the number of balloons that Alexa popped. According to the information provided, Krista popped 6 balloons, which is 1 less than the number of balloons popped by Alexa.

We can express this relationship with the following equation:

\[
b = 6 + 1
\]

Simplifying gives:

\[
b = 7
\]

This means that Alexa popped 7 balloons.

So, the complete working equation that represents the number of balloons \( b \) that Alexa popped is:

\[
b = 6 + 1
\]

or

\[
b = 7
\]