Question

You have 56 marbles to share with your friends. If each friend gets exactly 4 marbles, which equation could you use to solve for the number of friends, n?

Answer 1

So we basically reverse it. 56 divided by ? =4. So we divide 56 by 4 which is 14. So the number of friends is 14

Answer 2

4n = 56 is the equation

Explanation:

You have 56 marbles to share with your friends.

Each friend gets exactly 4 marbles.

Let the number of friends be 'n'

The equation would be
`(56)/(n)` = 4

By cross multiplication

4n = 56 will be the equation required to get the value of n

n =
`(56)/(4)`

n = 14

number of friends are 14.