Question

Takala put 9 marbles in the box, jackie put in 7, and laird put in 11. Then they divided the marbles evenly among themselves. How many did each person get?

Answer 1

The correct answer is 9.

Explanation:

Let's start by analyzing the information we have.

We know that Takala put 9 marbles in the box, jackie put in 7, and laird put in 11.

Before continuing, the most convenient is to add these three things:

9 + 7 + 11 = 27.

We now know that those 27 were divided equally to each other, that is 27: 3.

So we just have to divide:

27: 3 = 9

In this way we can verify that each person obtained 9.