Hannah is setting up an egg balancing game for Field Day. Players on each team must get all of the eggs from one end of their station to the other by balancing the eggs on their heads! For the game, Hannah sets up a bowl of 8 eggs at each team's station. In all, she needs 40 eggs. Let t represent the number of teams competing in the game. Which equation models the problem? Choices: (A)t/8 = 40 (B)8t = 40 Solve this equation to find how many teams are competing. ____ teams

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Hannah is setting up an egg balancing game for Field Day. Players on each team must get all of the eggs from one end of their station to the other by balancing the eggs on their heads! For the game, Hannah sets up a bowl of 8 eggs at each team's station. In all, she needs 40 eggs. Let t represent the number of teams competing in the game. Which equation models the problem?   Choices: (A)t/8 = 40 (B)8t = 40    Solve this equation to find how many teams are competing. ____ teams

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Understand Problem & Set Equation: Understand the problem and set up the equation. Hannah needs 40 eggs in total and sets up 8 eggs per team. We need to find the number of teams (t). The correct equation should relate the total number of eggs to the number of teams and eggs per team. Equation: 8t = 40 Solve Equation for t: Solve the equation for t. Divide both sides of the equation by 8 to isolate t. t = 40 / 8 t = 5

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