Question

Alex has five pairs of jeans and bought six pairs more. How many pairs of jeans does Alex own now?

Answer 1

Given:
Alex has $5$ pairs of jeans and bought $6$ pairs more.

$\underset{–}{\text{Need to find}}$: Total pairs of jeans Alex own now

Now, suppose, one pair of jeans $=$ one green chip

Now, to get the pairs of jeans Alex own now, we need to add initial pairs of jeans $\left(5\right),$ and currently bought pairs of jeans $\left(6\right).$

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.


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.