Question

A number of apples divided into 12 baskets

Answer 1

If you had the amount of apples you were dividing into the baskets the equation would be a/12 because a would represent the amount of apple. 

Answer 2

You would represent the number of apples with the variable a.

So the equation for that word problem would be = a/12.

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