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

Answer:

4y-6÷17 = no. of pens each student got

Step-by-step explanation:

Total no. of pens = no. of pens × no. of boxes

= y×4 = 4y

No. of pens were taken out of the box = 6

Now the desired equation should be = 4y - 6

Now, no. of students among the pens were divided = 17

So the final equation should be, 4y - 6 ÷ 17