Question

Zoe baked cookies and divided them equally among 24 classmates. Each person got 4 cookies. What is the equation you should use to find out how many cookies Zoe baked?

Answer 1

To calculate the total cookies Zoe baked, multiply the number of classmates (24) by the number of cookies each classmate received (4), resulting in 96 cookies.

Step-by-step explanation:

The equation to find out how many cookies Zoe baked when she divided them equally among 24 classmates with each person getting 4 cookies is:

Total Cookies = Number of Classmates × Cookies per Classmate

Here, the Number of Classmates is 24, and the Cookies per Classmate is 4. Thus, we use multiplication to find the total:

Total Cookies = 24 × 4

So, Zoe baked a total of 96 cookies.

Answer 2

24 · 4 = x

Step-by-step explanation:

the x stands for how many cookies she baked originally