A bag of candy is divided evenly among a class of 23 students. Each student got 4 pieces. How many pieces of candy were in the bag? Let p represent the number of pieces of candy.

Question

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Answer 1

To find the total number of pieces of candy in the bag (represented by \( p \)), you can set up the equation based on how the candy is distributed among the students.

Since each of the 23 students received 4 pieces of candy, the total number of pieces of candy can be calculated as:

\[ p = 23 \times 4 \]

So, the equation representing the situation is:

\[ p = 23 \cdot 4 \]