Paige was helping her mom plant flowers and together they planted 50 seeds in 1 flowerbeds. If they put same number of seeds in each flower bed How many seeds did they plant in each flowerbed?
1. They planted 50 seeds in 1 flowerbed.
2. They planted the same number of seeds in each flowerbed.
3. They planted _____ seeds in each flowerbed.

We are trying to figure out #3, so we will use algebra to solve for the variable. 

Step 1: They planted 50 seeds in 1 flowerbed.
50 = 1x

Step 2: They planted the same number of seeds in each flowerbed.
This means that the number of seeds they planted in each flowerbed is the same as the number of flowerbeds. So: 

x = number of flowerbeds

Step 3: They planted _____ seeds in each flowerbed.
We are solving for the number of seeds, so: 

x = number of seeds

Now we have two equations with the same variable, so we can set them equal to each other and solve: 

50 = 1x
x = number of seeds

50 = 1(number of seeds)
50 = number of seeds

This means that they planted 50 seeds in each flowerbed.