Question

Nathan and Tony hiked in the woods yesterday and came home with poison ivy. Tony has 5 times as many spots as Nathan. How many spots does Nathan have, x? Which table represents this situation?

Answer 1

Here, we want to get the correct equation and select the correct table

From the question, we have it that Tony has 5 times what Nathan had

Hence, given that Nathan has x, Tony has 5 times this and we have it as;

$5\times x\text{ = 5x}$

What this mean is that the right column of the table will be 5 times what is on the left column

Hence, the correct table here is the table with the heading 5x