6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

To find how long it will take to finish the book, you must use

more than one step. For each step, write an equation.

Step 1:To find the number of pages remaining, p,

to be read, subtract:

652 
 300 p

Step 2:To find the number of days, n, it will take

to complete the book, divide:

p 22 n

Use inverse operations to check each step.

The answers check.

Visualize yourself in the problem above

as you reread it. List the facts and the

question.

Facts: 652-page book

She has read 300 pages.

She now reads 22 pages each d ay.

Question:How many days will it take her to finish?

Eva has read 300 pages of a 652-page book.

If she reads 22 pages each day from now on,

in how many days will she finish the book?

Problem-Solving Strategy:

Use More Than One Step

4-10

Pages Remaining

16

652 
 300  352 22 
 3  5  2 


 220

132


 132

It will take her 16 days to finish the book.

Number of Days

16

 22

32

 32

352

352

 300

652

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