Allison has 5 times as many baseball cards as football cards. In all, she has 120 baseball and football cards. How many baseball cards does Allison have?
If Jim has x football cardsHe will have 5x baseballs cards
Thus
x + 5x = 120 >
total # of cards 6x = 120 x= 120/6 =
20 so Jim has 5x
baseball cards = 20*5 =100 baseball cards