Four members of the marching band rode in a van and the rest filled nine buses. How many marchers were in each bus if 472 members were headed to the competition?

Question

i have to make an equation and solve it

Answer 1

since 4 mebers rode in the van the rest 472 - 4 = 468 members filled  9 buses.

So in each bus were 468 / 9 = 52 members if each bus gets the same number of members

 

So in each bus were 52 members