Question

Sam's class has collected 78 cans in a food drive. They plan to sort the cans into x bags, with an equal number of cans in each bag. Write an expression to show how many cans there will be in each bag

Answer 1

78 ÷6 = 13
6 bags with 13 cans in each bag

Answer 2

The number of cans in each bag will be ...

78/x

where x is a divisor of 78—one of 1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78.