A t-shirt costs 4 times as much as a pair of socks. A t-shirt costs $16

Question

If s=the cost of a pair of socks, which mathematical sentence expresses the information above

s/16=4
16s=4
4s=16
s/4=16

Answer 1

To express the relationship between the cost of a t-shirt and the cost of a pair of socks mathematically, we can start with the information given:

1. A t-shirt costs $16.
2. A t-shirt costs 4 times as much as a pair of socks (s).

This can be written as: \[ 16 = 4s \]

If we want to rearrange this equation, we can express it as: \[ 4s = 16 \]

So the correct mathematical sentence that expresses the information above is: 4s = 16.