One-eighth of the 32 students in the class went abroad for fall break. how many students went abroad?

Let's think about it this way: 
32 students were separated into 8 different boxes. One box = one-eight.
If we equally distribute (that is, divide) the 32 students into 8 different boxes, how many students will be there in each box?

X= -5because this is a single step equation so you would just have to divide -16 both sides for x to equal your solution