Question

Sebastian bought a 30-pack of mechanical pencils and plans to give the same number of pencils each to 6 friends. Which equation can he use to find p, the number of pencils each friend will receive?

p+6 = 30
p - 6 = 30
6p = 30
p/6 = 30

Answer 1

Answer:
`6p=30`

Explanation:

Given: Sebastian bought a 30-pack of mechanical pencils and plans to give the same number of pencils each to 6 friends.

Let p be the number of pencils given by him to each students.

Then to find p we need to divide 30 by 6, we get

`p=(30)/(6)\\\\\Rightarrow\ 6p=30`

Hence, the equation can he use to find p, the number of pencils each friend will receive is
`6p=30`

Answer 2

The correct option is C. 6p = 30

Explanation:

Number of packs of mechanical pencils bought by Sebastian = 30

Number of friends among which the mechanical pencils need to be distributed by Sebastian = 6

Given that : The number of mechanical pencils are equally distributed among the 6 friends

Let the number of pencils each friend will receive be p

So, p can be calculated by using the equation : p = 30/6

⇒ 6p = 30

⇒ p = 5 ( 5 pencils need to be distributed among 6 friends)

Therefore, The required equation which can be used to find the value of p is : 6p = 30

Hence, The correct option is C. 6p = 30