Question

Chen is stocking empty shelves at his store with board games. He splits the boxes of

board games evenly among 4 shelves. There are 15 boxes on each shelf. Which
equation can be used to determine how many board games Chen arranged on the
shelves?

s÷4=15
15−s=4
s+4=15
4⋅s=15

Answer 1

s ÷ 4 = 15

Explanation:

To solve for the total number of board games, we can use this equation:

• number of board games per shelf × number of shelves = total board games

Inserting our numbers into the equation:

• 15 × 4 = 60

If we insert 60 into the equation for s. (s ÷ 4 = 15)

• 60 ÷ 4 = 15

We can see that this equation best represents the problem.