Will give Medal! Mathis made gift bags for the students in his class for his birthday. Each gift bag contains 4 pieces of candy. If he brought 112 pieces of candy total, how many gift bags did Mathis give out?

4x = 112

108
31
28
19

Question

Will give Medal! Mathis made gift bags for the students in his class for his birthday. Each gift bag contains 4 pieces of candy. If he brought 112 pieces of candy total, how many gift bags did Mathis give out?

4x = 112

    108
    31
    28
    19

igreen · Answer

Solve for 'x'..


Divide 4 to both sides..what's 112 / 4?

anonymous · Answer

28

igreen · Answer

Yep, so Mathis gave out 28 bags.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you I have some other questions. Can you answer them for me?

igreen · Answer

4 is being multiplied to 'x'..so to get 'x' by itself, we have to do the opposite. And the opposite of multiplication is division.

$4x = 112$

Divide 4 to both sides:

$\dfrac{4x}{4} = \dfrac{112}{4}$

$\dfrac{\cancel4x}{\cancel 4} = \dfrac{112}{4}$

The 4's on the left cancel out, leaving you with:

$x = \dfrac {112}{4}$

So all you have to do is divide 112 / 4, which you came up with 28.

igreen · Answer

Sure thing, just close this one and open a new one.

anonymous · Answer

Oh ok