Ivan has 6 times as many blue beads as red beads. He has 49 red and bye beads in all. How many blue beads does Ivan have in all
Ahh -- thanks for reposting. Now your problem can be solved.
r = red beads
6r = blue beads
r + 6r = 49
7r = 49
r = 7
7 red beads
7 * 6 = _______ blue beads
42 blue bands
So. The answer is seven
Where is the 7 coming from
I still don't know the answer cause the teacher said that there are 7 red beads and she wrote 7 * 6 is how many blue beads there are; which is 42. And the question said that there are 42 beads in all.... 42 + 7 is definitely more than 42. I don't understand!
I mean 49 OH!!! NOW I UNDERSTAND!! I just didn't see that it was 49, not 42!
i still dont know the answer
To find out how many blue beads Ivan has in total, we need to set up a mathematical equation based on the information given.
Let's assume that Ivan has x red beads. According to the given information, Ivan has 6 times as many blue beads as red beads. Therefore, the number of blue beads can be represented as 6x.
We also know that Ivan has a total of 49 beads (red and blue combined). So, we can write another equation:
x + 6x = 49
Now, we can solve this equation to find the value of x and then calculate the number of blue beads.
Combining like terms, we have:
7x = 49
To isolate x, we divide both sides of the equation by 7:
x = 49/7
Simplifying the expression, we get:
x = 7
Now, we can substitute the value of x back into the equation for the number of blue beads:
6x = 6 * 7 = 42
Therefore, Ivan has a total of 42 blue beads in all.