charlotte has 3 times as many pencils in her schoolbox as rebecca.together they have a total of 24 pencills. how many pencils does rebecca have?
24/4 = ?
rebecca has 6 pencils
u r wrong the total has to be 24
To find the number of pencils Rebecca has, we need to set up an equation using the given information. Let's solve it step-by-step:
Let's assume the number of pencils Rebecca has as x.
According to the problem, Charlotte has 3 times as many pencils as Rebecca. So, the number of pencils Charlotte has is 3 times x, or 3x.
The total number of pencils they have together is given as 24. So we can set up the equation:
x + 3x = 24
Combining like terms, we get:
4x = 24
To isolate x, we divide both sides of the equation by 4:
4x/4 = 24/4
x = 6
Therefore, Rebecca has 6 pencils.