Question

Choose the mathematical sentence that most accurately expresses the

information in the problem, and would be most helpful in solving it.
There are 25 milligrams of sodium per serving in a bag of potato chips. In
that bag there are 5 servings. How many milligrams of sodium are there in the
whole bag?
A. S+5 = 25
B. 5 : s= 25
C. S-5 = 25
D. s = 5(25)
O E. S : 5 = 25
O F. S = 25+ 5

Answer 1

`s = 5 * 25`

Explanation:

Given

`Servings = 5`

`Sodium/Serving = 25mg`

Required

The number of sodium mg in the bag

This is calculated as:

`s = Servings * Sodium/Serving`

`s = 5 * 25`

Hence: (D) is correct