Question

Carleen has 104 pieces of candy leftover from Halloween. She would like to distribute them evenly to the 8 kids on her block. Write an equation to show how many pieces of candy each kid will receive.

Answer 1

Each kid will get 13 pieces of candy.

Explanation:

If Carleen has 104 pieces of candy leftover from Halloween, and she splits the candy with 8 of the kids on her block, each kid gets 13 pieces. I know this because you divide:

104 divided by 8 equals 13

Answer 2

8x = 104

x = 13

Explanation:

Since we are trying to distribute it evenly, we divide 104 by 8 to get 13 pieces of candy per child.

The equation is saying 8 kids times x amount of candy per kid is equal to a total amount of 104 pieces of candy.