Sorry...I forgot to include all of the details for one of my previous questions the complete problem is:
1. Yesterday Josh sold some boxes of greeting cards. Today he sold seven boxes. If he sold 25 boxes in all, how many did he sell yesterday?
I can solve it myself, I just need some help setting up the equation. Thank you!
7 + x = 25
No problem! Let's set up the equation to solve this problem.
Let's say the number of boxes Josh sold yesterday is "x."
According to the problem, he sold some boxes yesterday and seven more boxes today, so the total number of boxes sold is 25.
To set up the equation, we can add the number of boxes sold yesterday (x) to the number of boxes sold today (7), and set it equal to the total number of boxes sold (25):
x + 7 = 25
Now, you can solve this equation to find the value of x, which represents the number of boxes Josh sold yesterday.