
How many sweets were in each type of bag?
m

We STILL don’t know!
n

Solving equations allows us to calculate the
number of sweets in each bag!
n
n
+
2
=5
n
n
+
5
= 11
n
n
+
3
= 17
n
n
+
4
= 56

What happens if we just have a number of
bags and no spare sweets?
n
n
2n
=
10
n
n
3n
n
=
6
n
n
4n
n
n
=
8
n
n
3n
n
=
21
n
n
n
n
n
n
6n
=
24
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
8n
=
56