Question

A group of neighbors is holding an end of summer block party. They buy p packs of hot dogs, with 8 hot dogs in each pack. All together, they have 56 hot dogs for the party.

Answer 1

Since each pack has 8 hot dogs and have 56 in total you use the equation p(8)=56 and just divide by 8 getting 7. They bought 7 packs of hot dogs.

Answer 2

Write an equation to describe this situation.

8p=56

How many packs of hot dogs did the neighbors buy?

7