The teacher distributes 5 pencils per student. Can you tell how many pencils are needed, given the number of students ? (Use s for number of students.)

Number of pencils to be distributed to each student= 5And, let the number of students in class be ‘s’. As per the logic, Number of pencils needed =(Number of students in the class) x. (Number of pencils to be distributed to one student )

So, Number of pencils needed = 5 x s = 5s.