Question

A large amount of peanuts was divided equally into 6 small bags. The total number of peanuts, p, was 342. Which statements can be used to write an expression and then find the number of peanuts that ended up in each bag? Check all that apply.

Answer 1

In this case, the problem shows us that we are dividing
`p` equally into 6 bags. This means that each bag recieves
`(1)/(6)` of
`p`. We can represent this by saying that each bag receives
`(p)/(6)` peanuts.

Now, the problem wants us to find the number of peanuts in each bag. We already found that there are
`(p)/(6)` peanuts in each bag. Substituting
`p = 342`, we can find the number of peanuts in each bag. This would be:

`(p)/(6) \Rightarrow (342)/(6) = 57`

An expression to represent the number of peanuts in each bag is
`\boxed{(p)/(6)}`, which means that there is 57 peanuts in each bag.