Question

Mieko has 4 times as many pencils as Holden. Holden has 8 pencils.

How many pencils, p, does Mieko have?

Use the drop-down menu to complete the comparison sentence.

(1 point)

Answer 1

Mieko has 4 times as many pencils as Holden. Since Holden has 8 pencils, we can calculate the number of pencils Mieko has as follows:

Mieko's pencils \( p = 4 \times 8 = 32 \).

Now we can complete the comparison sentence:

Mieko has \( p \) pencils, which is \( 32 \) pencils.

So, the comparison sentence would be:

Mieko has more pencils than Holden.

In terms of the comparison, you can say:

Mieko's \( p \) (32) > Holden's (8).