Question

Ethan bought four packages of pencils after he gave pencils to his friends he had 40 pencils left over how many pencils are in the package

Answer 1

12 in each package

because

Ethan bought 4 packages of pencils.
No of Packages = 4
No of pencils given to friend = 8 pencils
No of pencils left over =40 pencils
Total Number of Pencils = No of pencils given to friend + No of pencils left over = 40+8=48 then then simplify 48/4= 12

Answer 2

the answer is 48

Explanation:

He had 40 pencils left after he gave away 8, so originally, he had 40 + 8 pencils, which is 48.

Now, he bought 4 packages, which had a total of 48 pencils, so divide 48 by 4, which is 12. He had 12 pencils in each package.

To determine the solution arithmetically, first add 8 to 40, then divide 48 by 4.

To determine the solution algebraically, set up and solve the equation 40 = 4x - 8.

Each package contained 12 pencils.