For every 6 students who purchase a bag of M&M’s, there are 5 students who purchase a pack of gum. write an equation for this statement.

Question

Just need help creating an equation for symbol sense.

Answer 1

Let the number of students who buy M&Ms be m, and those who buy gum be g.

m/g=6/5, therefore 5m=6g is an example of such an equation.