Question

Jaden’s teacher had 4 boxes of pens that each contained y pens. She took 6 pens out of one of the boxes and told her 17 students to divide the remaining pens equally among themselves. Which expression shows the number of pens each student got?

Answer 1

4y-6/17

Explanation:

Jaden’s teacher had 4 boxes of pens that each contained y pens.

Number of boxes of pen = 4

Number of pens per box = y

Total number of pens = 4 x y = 4y

She took 6 pens out of one of the boxes told her 17 students to divide the remaining pens equally among themselves.

Total number of pens left = 4y - 6

Number of students = 17

Answer 2

x = (4y-6)/17

where x is the number of pens each student got.

Explanation:

No. of boxes = 4

no. of pen in 1 box = y

total no, of pens in 4 box = No. of boxes *no. of pen in 1 box = 4y

No. of pen took away by Jaden's teacher = 6

no. of pens left = 4y - 6

This, 4y - 6 pen has to be divided among 17 students.

Let each student get x pen

thus, total no. of pen got by 17 student = 17x

This, 17x should be equal to total no. of pens available which is 4y-6

17x = 4y-6

=> x = (4y-6)/17

Thus, expression to represent number of pens each student got

is x = (4y-6)/17