Question

Jaxon has s packs of 8 crazy straws. He divided the crazy straws into 2 equal bags. Now, he has 224 crazy straws in each bag. How many packs of crazy straws did Jaxon start with?

Answer 1

Jaxon started with 28 packs of crazy straws.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of packs of crazy straws Jaxon started with, we can set up the equation s * 8 = 2 * 224. Here, s represents the number of packs. By dividing both sides of the equation by 8, we can solve for s: s = 2 * 224 / 8 = 28.

Answer 2

56 packs of crazy straws

Step-by-step explanation:

1. 224 x 2= 448 *the total straws*

2. Once you have that, Divide the 448 by 8 so you can find out the packages he started with. You get 56.

3. Check your work by doing 56 x 8, which is 448, just to make sure.

4. Divide 448 by two which gives you 224, which is what you started with.