Question

Laura has 8 pens. She decided to distribute 2 pens to each of her 'n' friends. Write an expression to find the number of friends

• A. $n=8+2$
• B. $n=8\times 2$
• C. $n=\frac{8}{2}$
• D. $n=8-2$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $n=\frac{8}{2}$

Total number of friends = 8
Number of pens each will recieve = 2
Number of friends = n
$\therefore$ Number of friends $=\frac{\text{total number of friends}}{\text{number of pens each will recieve}}$
$\Rightarrow n=\frac{8}{2}$