Noah's teacher wants to reward 8 students for trying a new math strategy. How many mini candy bars should Noah's teacher buy if each student should get no more than 4 mini candy bars? build an equation

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To solve this problem, let's define some variables and build an equation.

Let s represent the number of students. In this case, s=8.

Let c represent the maximum number of mini candy bars each student can receive. Here, c=4.

Now, to find the total number of mini candy bars T that the teacher should buy, we can use the equation:

T=s×c

Substituting the values we have:

T=8×4

Calculating this gives:

T=32

Thus, Noah's teacher should buy a total of 32 mini candy bars.