Question

Armando bought 45 baseball cards. of the 12 friends he invited to his cookout, half of them were able to attend. armando gave each of his friends at the cookout the same number of baseball cards and had 3 cards left for himself. how many baseball cards did each friend receive?

Answer 1

If only 6 friends attended Armando's cookout, and he kept 3 cards for himself, then, 42 divided by 6 is 7.

Therefore, each friend received 7 cards.

Answer 2

7 baseball cards

Explanation:

Number of baseball cards = 45

Number of invited friends = 12

We are given that half of the friends were able to attend.

So, Number of friends attended the cookout =
`(12)/(2)`

=
`6`

Armando had 3 cards left for himself.

So, Number of cards distributed among 6 friends = 45-3 =42

So, number of cards for 6 friends = 42

So, number of cards for 1 friend =
`(42)/(6)`

=
`7`

Hence each friend receive 7 baseball cards.