Given:
Alex has
5 pairs of jeans and bought
6 pairs more.
Need to find–––––––––––––––: Total pairs of jeans Alex own now
Now, suppose, one pair of jeans
= one green chip
![](https://df0b18phdhzpx.cloudfront.net/ckeditor_assets/pictures/1316214/original_18.PNG)
Now, to get the pairs of jeans Alex own now, we need to add initial pairs of jeans
(5), and currently bought pairs of jeans
(6).
This is equivalent of adding
5 and
6 green chips (as one pair of jeans is equivalent to one green chip) as depicted in the below picture.
![](https://df0b18phdhzpx.cloudfront.net/ckeditor_assets/pictures/1316265/original_26.PNG)
As per the above illustration, we get
11 chips after the addition, which is equivalent to
11 pairs of jeans.
Therefore, Alex owns
11 pairs of jeans now.