Hello Lauryn. In order to answer this question, let's first use our knowledge of multiplication to see what number multiplied by 8 is equal to 32.
8 x 1 = 8
8 x 2 = 16
8 x 3 = 24
8 x 4 = 32; therefore 32/8 = 4 because the opposite operation of multiplication is division
We now know that if we multiply 4 by 8, we will get 32. The opposite process of multiplication is division. The concept of division is separating things into groups with the same number of things in each group. For example, if we have 32 students sitting in 8 groups in a classroom, how many students would we have in each group? Based on the multiplication that we did, we know that 8 multiplied by 4 is equal to 32. If we applied the same logic to this problem, we would know that if there are 32 students in total in a classroom sitting in 8 separate groups, there must be 4 students in each group because the opposite process of multiplying is dividing.
To finally answer your question, 32 divided by 8 equals 4.
I hope that this helps. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
