The teacher distributes 5 pencils per student. Can you tell how many pencils are needed, given the number of students? (Use s for the number of students)
Let us assume the number of students be s
Also,
It is given in the question that:
Number of pencil given to each student = 5
Therefore,
Total number of pencils = Number of pencil given to each student × Number of students
= 5 × s
= 5s