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

Solution.

Jamie will evenly divide the candy left in her after Halloween, if you use the equation

$$x=\frac{m}{n},$$

where $x$ is the number of candies that each child will receive, $m$ is the number of candies that Jamie has, $n$ is the number of children.

We will have

$$x=\frac{105}{7}=15.$$

So, each child will receive 15 candies.

Answer. $x=\frac{105}{7}, x=15.$