Question

Max received a gift certificate at the Book Barn, so he decided to give away the books that he read. He divided the books evenly among three friends. Each friend got 8 books. Write and solve an equation to find how many books Max gave away.

Answer 1

24 books

Explanation:

So if he gave 8 books each to 3 friends, we can call the total books he gave away, B, and the equation will look like this:

B = 3(8)

Now, we just combine the like terms:

B = 24 books.