Question

Chloe had 200 beads.• She used 15 beads to make a Barrett.• She used all the remaining beads to make 5 bracelets.• She used the same number of beads to make each bracelet.Write an equation that can be used to find B, the number of beads Chloe used to make each bracelet?

Answer 1

Let B be the number of beads used to make each bracelet. Then the number of beads used to make 5 bracelets is 5B.

Number of beads to make a Barrett = 15

The sum of number of beads used to make 5 bracelets and Barett gives the total number of beads. So,

$5B+15=200$