Question

Jamie has 105 pieces of candy leftover from Halloween. She would like to distribute them evenly to the 7 kids on her block. Write an equation to show how many pieces of candy each kid will receive.

Answer 1

Let every kid will receive $x$ pieces of candy. Then

$$x=\dfrac{105}{7}$$

$$x=15$$

Each kid will receive will receive $15$ pieces of candy.