Question

jamal bought 2 packs of stickers and 8 individual stickers. Use x to represent the number of stickers in a pack of stickers and write an expression to represent the number of stickers jamal bought. Is the expression equivalent to 2(4+x)? check your answer with algebra tile models.

Answer 1

Answer: Yes , the expression of the total stickers Jamal bought is equivalent to 2(x+4).

Explanation:

Let x be the number of stickers in each pack.

Since, Jamal bought 2 packs of stickers and 8 individual stickers.

Therefore, the total number of stickers Jamal bought=
`2* x+8=2x+8`

If we factorize the above expression by taking 4 as common outside, we get

The Therefore, the total number of stickers Jamal bought=
`2(x+4)`