Problem: Sean's mom asks him how long his homework will take. He tells her that he needs to read for 25 minutes and also do some math problems that will take m minutes. All together, his homework will take h minutes. Write an equation for the number of minutes Sean's homework will take h, if his math problems take m minutes.

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Mathematics

Celeste Collins

20 February, 05:25

Problem: Sean's mom asks him how long his homework will take. He tells her that he needs to read for 25 minutes and also do some math problems that will take m minutes. All together, his homework will take h minutes. Write an equation for the number of minutes Sean's homework will take h, if his math problems take m minutes.

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Shaniya Rowland · Answer 1

M+25=h

m is math minutes and h is total

Porter Leach · Answer 2

So, if his homework takes 25 minutes, and his math takes m minutes, and all together it takes h minutes, then here's the equation we can set up:

25 + m = h

OR

m + 25 = h

Either way works, because this is an addition equation. If he does his math work first, then m + 25 = h. If he does his reading work first, then 25 + m = h.