Lucy is organizing a party and wants to prepare goodie bags for her friends. She plans to make 4 goodie bags, and each bag will contain 8 candies. How many candies does Lucy need in total to fill all the goodie bags?
To find the total number of candies needed, multiply the number of goodie bags by the number of candies in each bag. This can be represented by the equation:
$$ ext{Total Candies} = ext{Number of Goodie Bags} imes ext{Candies per Bag}$$