Ian picked 5 times as many berries as michelle. joe picked 7 times as many berries as michelle. together they picked 208 berries. how many berries did joe pick? draw a diagram and explain how you found your answer.
Joe pick 112
Michelle picked 16 berries.
Ian picked 80 berries.
Joe Mama picked 112 berries because,
First draw 1 box for Michelle, 5 boxes for Ian, 7 boxes for Joe. If you add
1 + 5 + 7, it equals 13.13 divided 208 equals 16. So, you put 16 in the boxes that you drew. Michelle picked 16 berries because she only has 1 box. For Ian, multiply 16 x 5 because there are 5 boxes. For Joe, multiply 16 x 7 since there are 7 boxes. 16 x 5 = 80 and 16 x 7 = 112. Since the question is asking how many berries Joe picked, He picked 112 berries.
How do you work out the problem
Joe picked your face. Just kidding he picked 112
To solve this problem, let's make a diagram to help visualize the information given. We'll represent the number of berries picked by each person by using variables. Let's call the number of berries Michelle picked "m," Ian's berries "5m," and Joe's berries "7m."
Now, we know that together they picked 208 berries. So, we can create the equation:
m + 5m + 7m = 208
Combining like terms, we get:
13m = 208
To find the value of m, we'll divide both sides of the equation by 13:
m = 208 / 13
m = 16
Now, to find how many berries Joe picked, we can substitute the value we found for m.
Joe's berries = 7m = 7 * 16 = 112
Therefore, Joe picked 112 berries.
So, using a diagram helped us to assign variables to each person's berry count and set up the equation. By solving the equation, we found the value of m, which allowed us to determine how many berries Joe picked.
michelle --- x berries
Ian -------- 5x berries
joe -------- 7x berries
solve for x:
x + 5x + 7x = 208
Draw a diagram ???