Question

(please help theres a time limit)

“Elijah and Jeffrey both collect baseball cards. Elijah has 1/3 as many baseball cards as Jeffrey. Jeffrey owns x cards.” Write an expression to represent the number of baseball cards Elijah owns.

Answer 1

Answer: 1/3x or x/3

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that Elijah and Jeffrey both collect baseball cards and that Elijah has 1/3 as many baseball cards as Jeffrey while Jeffrey owns x cards.”

The expression to represent the number of baseball cards Elijah owns will be 1/3 multiplied by the number of baseball cards that Jeffrey has which is represented by x. Therefore, the expression will be:

= 1/3 × x

= 1/3x or x/3