Answer:
p = 16/8 = 2
Explanation:
We know that the pencils were divided into 8 groups of 2.
Then the total number of pencils is equal to 8 (the number of groups) times 2 (the number of pencils in each group)
8*2 = 16
The total number of pencils is 16.
Then the operation of dividing 16 pencils into 8 groups is written as:
16/8
And we know that this is equal to 2, then the operation is:
16/8 = 2.
Then the equation is:
p = 16/8 = 2
where p represents the number of pencils in each group.