To find out how many bowls Monica can fill with 24 packs of fruit snacks when she puts 3 packs into each bowl, you can set up the multiplication equation to represent the total number of packs in terms of the number of bowls (let's call it \( b \)) and the number of packs per bowl (3 packs).
The equation can be represented as:
\[ 3b = 24 \]
This equation states that the number of bowls (\( b \)) multiplied by the number of packs per bowl (3) equals the total number of packs (24). To find the number of bowls Monica needs, you can solve for \( b \):
\[ b = \frac{24}{3} \]
This means Monica needs \( 8 \) bowls.