Question

There are 8 pencils in a package. How many packages will be needed for 28 children if each child gets 4 pencils?

Answer 1

The answer will be 14 packages. This is the answer because you do 28 times 4 which you will get 112. This is the number of pencils needed in all. Then you do 112 divide by 8. 112 divide by 8 is 14.
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Answer 2

first, lets figure out how many pencils we will need. so we can do that by 4 pencils x 28 children and we get 112. Then if there are 8 pencils in a package, we divide 112 by 8 and get 14