Ivan currently has $ 45 saved. He had been saving $ 9 each week. You spent $ 126 of those savings yesterday. How many weeks have you been saving?
Write an equation that can be used to answer the previous question. First, choose the appropriate shape. Then fill in the blanks with the numbers 45, 9, and 126. Let w be the number of weeks.
Ivan earns $9 per week so we would write it as 9w Add 45 to it because that is what he also saved Then he spent those savings which was 126. Now we can find how many weeks he was saving for.
