Question

Shanice won 88 pieces of gum playing the bean bag toss at the county fair. At school she gave four to every student in her math class. She only has 8 remaining. How many students are in her class ?

Answer 1

There are 20 kids in her class. 88-8 = 80 80 divided by 4 = 20

Answer 2

There are 20 students in Shanice's mathematics class.

Explanation:

We are given the following information in the question:

Total number of gums Shanice won = 88

Number of gums given to every student in her math class = 4

Number of gums remaining = 8

Let x be the number of students in her mathematics class.

Then, according to the question we can write the equation:

`4x + 8 = 88\\4x = 88-8\\4x = 80\\\\x = \displaystyle(80)/(4)\\\\x = 20`

Hence, there are 20 students in Shanice's mathematics class.