Question

Lauren has 108 pieces of candy left over from Halloween she would like to distribute them evenly to the 9 kids on her block write an equation to show how many pieces of candy each kid will receive.

A. 9+x=108
B. X=108-9
C. X=108 over 9
D. X=9 over 108

Answer 1

the options given are all wrong

correct answer} 9x=108

Explanation:

let the candy received by each kid be "x"

hence as there are 9 kids the total no.of candy will be :-

9 × x

= "9x"

now as given in the question the total candy is 108, the equation will be:

9x = 108

answer to the equation:

9x = 108

⇒ x = 108/9

⇒ x = 12

Answer 2

the answer is c

Explanation: