Jeremy has saved $40. He got a summer job mowing lawns, and gets $5 for every lawn he mows. How many lawns does Jeremy need to mow to save exactly $85, the cost of a concert ticket?
Let m be the number of lawns Jeremy mows. Write an expression that represents the total amount of money he has.
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Complete the equation to represent the amount of money Jeremy needs to have in order to the buy the concert ticket.
5m+40 =
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Solve for the value of m. Solve on paper, or show your work below. Then enter your answer on Zearn.
5m+40
=
85
m
=
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What does your answer of 9 mean in this situation?
5m+40 = 85
m = 9
Jeremy needs to save $9 more to buy the concert ticket.
Jeremy needs to mow lawns for 9 weeks to buy the concert ticket.
Jeremy needs to mow 9 lawns to have enough money to buy the concert ticket.
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Let’s say that Jeremy wants to have money left over after buying the concert ticket. Complete the statement to write an inequality that represents Jeremy having money left over after buying the ticket.
