Mr.Jackson had 40 cookie jars in his collection. He had 4 times as many large jars as small jars. How many small jars and large jars were in his collection?

8,32

I don’t get it how did you get 8 and 32

To solve this problem, let's assume that the number of small jars is "s" and the number of large jars is "l."

According to the problem, Mr. Jackson had 40 cookie jars in his collection. We can set up an equation based on this information:

s + l = 40

The problem also states that Mr. Jackson had 4 times as many large jars as small jars. We can express this relationship using an equation:

l = 4s

To find the values of "s" and "l," we can use substitution. Since we know that l = 4s, we can substitute this expression into the first equation:

s + 4s = 40

Combining like terms, we get:

5s = 40

To isolate "s," we divide both sides of the equation by 5:

s = 40 / 5

Simplifying, we find:

s = 8

Substituting this value of "s" back into the equation l = 4s, we get:

l = 4 * 8
l = 32

Therefore, Mr. Jackson had 8 small jars and 32 large jars in his collection.