Soni has 196 pencils. If she puts equal amounts of pencils into eight boxes, she has four pencils left. How many pencils does she put in each box? Which strategy could help solve this word problem?
If x represents the number of pencils per box, solve the equation 4x + 8 = 196.
Divide 196 by the sum of 4 and 8 and find the quotient.
Divide 196 by 4 and check that the remainder is 8.
If x represents the number of pencils per box, solve the equation 8x + 4 = 196.