Question

Sarah and her 3 friend s split a bag of candy evanly . That each ate 13 pieces of candy and there were 2 pieces leftover. How many pieces of candy were originally in the bag?

Answer 1

54 pieces

Explanation:

13 x 4 = 52

52 + 2 = 54 pieces total

Answer 2

Sarah and her friends = 4 people

13 pieces each. 2 pieces left over.

(4 x 13) +2 = 52 +2 = 54

there were 54 pieces in the bag