Question

At the Roadside Restaurant, each milkshake comes with 2 straws.

What equation shows the number of straws the restaurant will use if they serve m milkshakes?

Use t to represent the total number of straws used and m to represent the number of milkshakes served.

A.
t = 2m

B.
t = 2 + m

C.
t = 2 – m

D.
t = 2/m

Answer 1

A. t = 2m because if you have 2 straws for every one milkshake you are multiplying 2 by the number of milshakes sold