Lol battlefield or on a map when you're look for a particular place
Well you can't actually find a number, but you can make an equation.
lets call the bag of candy x, and the number of students in the teachers class S.
she gives every student in her class 4 pieces, so to find that amount, we have to multiply the number of students in her class by 4, the pieces of candy. 4S
afterwards she has 48 pieces, which is the endpoint, x is the starting point because that's the amount of candy the teacher started with.
so your equation is x-4S=48, but the thing is, the question is looking for the amount of students she gave candy to, so we have to isolate S, or in easier words; put S on one side, and the numbers on the other.
so the equation is S=1/4x-12
So just convert to a common form
I will convert to decimal since 2 of them are already decimals
to conver 1 and 3/7 to decimal, just divide 3 by 7 using a calculator
1 3/7=1.43...
so 1.38, 1.43, 1.40
the greates is .43 then .40 then .38 so the order is
least to greatest
1.38, 1.4, 1 3/7 or D