Question

Mr. Jefferson has $45 to give to his 9 grandchildren. He wants to give the same amount of money to each grandchild. Mr. Jefferson uses m to represent the amount of money he should give to each grandchild. Drag the numbers and the variables into the boxes to create two different equations Mr. Jefferson could solve to find m.

Answer 1

Two correct equations are:

1) 9m = 45
2) m = 45 ÷ 9 (or 45/9 = m)

Solving gives m = 5, so each grandchild gets $5.