Question

Can you check these, please?

1. A spool contains 18.5 feet of rope. Bob cuts off a piece of rope. There are 13.8 feet of rope left on the spool. Write 3 equations that could used to determine the length of the rope (r) Bob cut off.

Ans 1: r + 13.8 = 18.5
Ans 2: 18.5 - r = 13.8 ?
Ans 3: 18.5 - 13.8 = r ?

2. Jill brought a bag of M&M's to her friend's house to share. The girls together ate 1/5 of the bag, leaving 2/3 of the M&M's in the bag. Write an equation to represent the amount of M&M's that were in the bag when she arrived at her friend's house.

Ans: m = 1/5 + 2/3 ??
1. all three are correct

2.

"they ate 1/5 of the bag" is not clear
Did they eat 1/5 of a full bag, or
Did they eat 1/5 of what was in the bag when she arrived?

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