Explain Sean biked 43 miles on Monday, 23 miles on Tuesday, and 62 miles on Wednesday. How many more miles did he bike on Wednesday than on Monday? Draw a picture and write an equation to solve. Then solve
what's 62-43?
To solve this problem, we can draw a bar graph to represent the number of miles Sean biked on each day.
Let's assign the following labels:
- Monday: M
- Tuesday: T
- Wednesday: W
Now, let's draw the bar graph:
Miles
| |
43|M ___
| | |
23|T __| |
| | |
62|W |____|
From the bar graph, we can see that Sean biked 43 miles on Monday and 62 miles on Wednesday.
To find out how many more miles he biked on Wednesday than on Monday, we can subtract the Monday distance from the Wednesday distance:
62 - 43 = 19
So, Sean biked 19 more miles on Wednesday than on Monday.
Alternatively, we can write the equation:
Wednesday distance - Monday distance = difference in miles
W - M = difference
62 - 43 = difference
19 = difference
Thus, Sean biked 19 more miles on Wednesday than on Monday.
To solve this problem, we can represent the number of miles Sean biked on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with variables. Let's say x represents the number of miles he biked on Monday, y represents the number of miles he biked on Tuesday, and z represents the number of miles he biked on Wednesday.
We are given that Sean biked 43 miles on Monday (x = 43), 23 miles on Tuesday (y = 23), and 62 miles on Wednesday (z = 62).
To find how many more miles Sean biked on Wednesday than on Monday, we need to subtract the number of miles he biked on Monday from the number of miles he biked on Wednesday. In equation form, it looks like this:
z - x = ?
Substituting the given values, we have:
62 - 43 = ?
Simplifying the equation, we get:
19 = ?
Therefore, Sean biked 19 more miles on Wednesday than on Monday.