Question

James practiced piano for 48 minutes. Alisa practiced for 5 times as long as James. How many minutes did Alisa practice? How many minutes in all did James and Alisa practice? Write an equation to model your work.

Answer 1

48x5=240
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Answer 2

James and Alisa practiced for 288 minutes.

Explanation:

James practiced piano for 48 minutes. Alisa practiced for 5 times as long as James.

Let Alisa practiced for x minutes.

So, equation becomes:

`x=5*48=240` minutes

Hence, Alisa practiced for 240 minutes.

Let the time played together be represented as y. So, we can denote y as:

`y=48+x`

`y=48+240`

y = 288 minutes

Therefore, James and Alisa practiced for 288 minutes.