To find the amount of toy cars that John has, we know that Roberto has 4 times as many toy cars as John. Given that Roberto has 20 toy cars, we can set up the equation where \( a \) represents the number of toy cars John has:
\[ 4a = 20 \]
However, among the options provided, the correct choice is:
\[ a \times 4 = 20 \]
So the answer is:
a × 4 = 20.