Question

The edges on Kiara's snowboard are chipped and dented from riding over rocks, so Kiara wants to buy a new one. She can't afford the board she wants, so she opens a hot chocolate stand near her house. Kiara figures out how many cups of hot chocolate she must sell to have enough money for the snowboard. One cold, snowy Saturday, Kiara sells 48 cups of hot chocolate. Now, she needs to sell 52 more cups to buy the snowboard. Which equation can you use to find the total number of cups c Kiara must sell to buy the snowboard? Solve this equation for c to find the total number of cups Kiara must sell to buy the snowboard. cups

Answer 1

To find the total number of cups \( c \) that Kiara must sell to buy the snowboard, we can set up the equation based on the information given:

1. Kiara has already sold 48 cups.
2. She needs to sell 52 more cups.

This means that the total number of cups \( c \) that Kiara needs to sell is the sum of the cups she has already sold and the cups she still needs to sell:

\[ c = 48 + 52 \]

Now we can solve for \( c \):

\[ c = 100 \]

Therefore, the total number of cups Kiara must sell to buy the snowboard is 100 cups.