Question

Reese read twice as many pages Saturday than she read Sunday. If she read a total of 78 pages over the weekend, how many pages did Reese read Sunday?

Answer 1

Reese read 26 pages on Sunday.

Explanation:

If she read twice the amount on Saturday than she read on Sunday, then you can replace the days with variables. 2x for Saturday and x for Sunday. That leaves you with 2x + x = 78. This can be simplified to 3x = 78. We can solve this by dividing both sides by 3. This leaves you with x = 26. If x represents the pages read on Sunday then Reese read 26 pages on Sunday.