Question

Josiah designed a card game named Rock the Clock. It has action cards and character cards. The game has 65 character cards, and there are 45 fewer character cards than action cards.
Let a represent how many action cards are in Josiah's card game. Which equation models the problem?
Solve this equation to find how many action cards are in Josiah's card game.
action cards

Answer 1

Let a = number of action cards. "There are 45 fewer character cards than action cards" gives
65 = a − 45.

Solve: a − 45 = 65
a = 65 + 45
a = 110.

So there are 110 action cards.