Question

Gus brings 36 cookies to the plant and divides them evenly among his friends. He gives each friend 3 cookies. Write an equation with multiplication to find n, the number of friends who get cookies. PLEASE ANSWER AND TELL US HOW YOU GOT YOUR ANSWER PLEASE & THANK YOU

Answer 1

3n=36

Explanation:

To solve we divide each side by 3

3n/3 and 36/3

n=12

Answer 2

n x 3 = 36

Explanation:

Since n is the number of friends, and each friend gets 3 cookies, we can solve from the equation that were are 12 friends since there are only 36 cookies in total.