96 pencils come in a box. If 4 teachers share 3 boxes equally. how many pencils does each teacher receive?

96 * 3 = 288, 288/4, 72 is your answer

First we need to find the total number of pencils. To do this we multiply the number of pencils per box by the number of boxes.

96*3 = 288

Then we need to divide the total number of pencils by the number of teachers to determine how many pencils each teacher will receive.

288/4 = 72

When four teachers share three boxes each containing ninety-six pencils they each get seventy-two pencils.