Question

There are 56 trees in an apple orchard. They are arranged in equal rows. There are 8 trees in each row. How many rows of apple trees are there? Which equation can be used to solve this problem?

Answer 1

8 rows times how many columns give you 56?

Answer 2

Divide the number of trees, 56, by the number of trees per row, 8.

Answer 3

8 times something = 56

Let something = x

So,

8 times x = 56

or

8 * x = 56

or
8x =56

Make sense?