At the school's holiday craft fair, Stanley and his classmates get to make gingerbread houses. Their teacher divides a bag of licorice ropes evenly among the 9 students at the table. Each student gets 3 licorice ropes to decorate the roof of his or her gingerbread house.

Question

Which equation can you use to find the number of licorice ropes r that came in the bag?
Solve this equation for r to find the number of licorice ropes that came in the bag.
licorice ropes

Answer 1

The equation that can be used to find the number of licorice ropes, r, in the bag is:

9 * 3 = r

To solve for r, you can multiply 9 by 3:

9 * 3 = 27

Therefore, the number of licorice ropes that came in the bag is 27.