LaShawn won 71 tokens playing basketball at the county fair. At school, she gave 3 tokens to every student in her math class. She only has 5 tokens remaining.(1 point)

Question

Write an equation that can be used to find the total number of students, s, in her math class.

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How many students were in LaShawn’s math class?

Answer 1

To find the total number of students \( s \) in LaShawn's math class, we need to set up an equation based on the information given.

LaShawn started with 71 tokens. After giving away tokens to her classmates, she has 5 tokens remaining. The number of tokens she gave away can be expressed as \( 3s \) (3 tokens to each student, where \( s \) is the number of students).

We can express the relationship in the following equation:

\[ 71 - 3s = 5 \]

Now, we can solve for \( s \):

1. Subtract 5 from both sides: \[ 71 - 5 = 3s \] \[ 66 = 3s \]

2. Divide both sides by 3: \[ s = \frac{66}{3} = 22 \]

So, LaShawn has 22 students in her math class.