This year's school trip is 9 times as many miles away from school as last year's trip. This year's trip is 27 miles away from school. How many miles from school was last year's trip. Write an equation and a comparison sentence to solve.
9 times "What" = 27
What = 27/9 = 3
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To find the number of miles from school for last year's trip, we can set up an equation using the given information.
Let's denote the number of miles from school for last year's trip as "x".
According to the problem, this year's trip is 9 times as many miles away as last year's trip, which means:
9 * x = 27
To solve this equation:
1. Divide both sides of the equation by 9 to isolate the variable x:
(9 * x) / 9 = 27 / 9
Simplifying, we get:
x = 3
Therefore, last year's trip was 3 miles away from school.
Comparison sentence:
This year's trip is 9 times as far as last year's trip, and last year's trip was 3 miles away from school.