Question

Soni has 196 pencils. If she puts equal amounts of pencils into eight boxes, she has four pencils left. How many pencils does she put in each box?

Which strategy could help solve this word problem?
A)If x represents the number of pencils per box, solve the equation 4x + 8 = 196.
B)Divide 196 by the sum of 4 and 8 and find the quotient.
C)Divide 196 by 4 and check that the remainder is 8.
D)If x represents the number of pencils per box, solve the equation 8x + 4 = 196.

Answer 1

What do you think the answer might be?

Answer 2

i was thinking C?

Answer 3

still need help?

Answer 4

You need to write an equation for this one.

what you know is...
there are 196 total pencils
there are 8 boxes
there are 4 leftover pencils
you don't know how many pencils are in each box (use x for this)


boxes * x + leftover pencils = total pencils

Answer 5

Sorry I lost wifi, i'm going to let them handle it^

Answer 6

excellent, try writing the equation now maddy and compare to the given choices for your answer

Answer 7

yes I'm taking a timed Quiz and i really need help to get a 100% on it and I'm really stuck on which answer to pick! ghhh if someone could please assist me to the right answer, that'd be great (:

Answer 8

read what czawlytko typed for you that should help you write the equation

Answer 9

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