Question

There are 36 pencils in 6 packs. Igor wants to know how many pencils are in 1 pack. Elsa wants to know how many pencils are in 3 packs. Drag an expression to answer each question

Answer 1

Answer:

6 pencils

18 pencils

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that

36 pencils are in 6 packs

Number of packs = 6

Number of pencils = 36

Number of pencils per pack :

Number of pencils / number of packs :

36 / 6 = 6

Hence, 6 pencils per pack

Number of pencils in 3 packs :

Since 6 pencils are in a pack ;

Then, 3 packs = (3 * 6) = 18 pencils