Question

Ally has a bag of candy. After dividing the candy equally among six people and eating 4 pieces of candy she had 7 pieces left. How many pieces of candy did ally start with?

Answer 1

6y + 11.

Explanation:

Let the number of pieces she started with be x. Then:

x = 6y + 4 + 7

x = 6y + 11

She started with 6y + 11 pieces of candy ( where y is a positive integer).

Answer 2

66 pieces of candy.

Explanation:

First I set up the equation: (c/6)-4 = 7

c represents the candy she started with.

6 represent when she split the candy

4 is the number of pieces she has eaten

7 is the number of pieces she has left

after setting up the equation, you want to add four to the other side to get 11

c/6 = 7+4 --> c/6 = 11

Then you want to multiply by 6 to get ride of the fraction to get a total of 66 pieces of candy.

c = 11 x 6 --> c = 66