The art teacher bought some boxes of colored pencils with 7
pencils in each box. She bought a total of 28
pencils. Write an equation that you could use to find how many boxes the art teacher bought.
7x = 28
To find the number of boxes the art teacher bought, we can set up an equation.
Let's represent the number of boxes as 'x'.
Since each box contains 7 colored pencils, the total number of pencils can be found by multiplying the number of boxes ('x') by 7.
Therefore, the equation becomes:
7x = 28
This equation represents that the total number of pencils (7x) is equal to 28. By solving this equation for 'x', we can determine the number of boxes the art teacher bought.