You are baking macaroons for your class. There are 9 total students in your class and you have baked 17 macaroons. Write and solve an equation to find the additional number x of macaroons you need to bake in order to have 4 macaroons for each student. Write your equation so that the units on each side of the equation are macaroons per student.
Equation: ___=4
Number of macaroons: x=___
+79 The number of macaroons you need total is 36. This is found by multiplying 9 and 4, which is 36. 36-17=19 (You need to make 19 more macaroons).
\({x +17 \over 9}=4\)
\(x+17=36\) Subtract 17 from both sides
\(x = 19\)
+79 No Problem! I find it easier to do these problems when you know how many you are supposed to end with first. :)
