Question

Luis, Diego, and Cecil are going fishing.

Luis brings 4 cans of worms. Diego brings
3 cans of worms plus 2 extra worms. Cecil
brings 2 cans of worms. If they have a
total of 65 worms and each can contains
the same number of worms, how
many worms are in each can?

Answer 1

7

Explanation:

If we call the number of worms in a can x, we can write:

4x + 3x + 2 + 2x = 65

9x + 2 = 65

9x = 63

x = 7 worms