Lance and alex have 70 pencils. Lance has 4 times as many pencils as alex. Alexs pencils are shared equally among 2 children. How many pencils does each child get?
The total number of pencils that Lance and Alex have = 70 Let us assume the number of pencils that Alex has = x Then The number of pencils that Lance has = 4x So, the equation can be written as x + 4x = 70 5x = 70 x = 70/5 = 14 So from the above deduction we can say that Alex has a total of 14 pencils. Now the number of pencils that Alex have is divided equally among two children. Then The number of pencils that each children has = 14/2 = 7 So each child gets 7 pencils.
