Question

A teacher gives 6 students a gift bag that contains x pencils. The teacher adds 4 more pencils to each bag. Altogether, the gift bags contain 54 pencils. How many pencils are in each bag?​

Answer 1

6(x + 4) = 54

x + 4 = 9, so x = 5

There are 9 pencils in each bag (after the 4 pencils were added to each bag).