Maurice puts 130 trading cards in protector sheets. He fills 7 sheets and puts the remaining 4 cards in an eighth sheet. Each of the filled sheets has the same number of cards. How many cards are in each sheet?

Can you solve

7x + 4 = 130 ?

18 To find the number of cards in each sheet, we first need to calculate the total number of cards filled in the first 7 sheets.

There are 7 sheets, each with the same number of cards, which we'll call 'x'. So, the number of cards in the first 7 sheets can be represented as 7x.

We are told that Maurice puts the remaining 4 cards in an eighth sheet. Therefore, the number of cards in the eighth sheet is 4.

Now, we need to calculate the total number of cards. We know that Maurice puts 130 trading cards in protector sheets.

So, we can set up an equation:

Total number of cards = Number of cards in the first 7 sheets + Number of cards in the eighth sheet.
130 = 7x + 4

To find the value of 'x', we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. Let's solve the equation step by step:

130 - 4 = 7x
126 = 7x

Now, we divide both sides of the equation by 7 to solve for 'x':

x = 126 / 7
x = 18

Therefore, there are 18 cards in each sheet.