Tyler has 4 boxes of apples. Each box has the same number of apples. After Tyler eats 3 apples, there are 109 apples left in the boxes. How many apples were in each box?

Question

Set up an equation and define the variable.

Answer 1

Hi! Your equation will be 4a = 109 + 3, where a is the number of apples per box. The total number of apples between the four boxes is however many there were before Tyler ate the 3 apples, so 109 + 3 = 112. You'll need to divide that by 4 to find how many apples are in each box.