Question

Tom has a certain number of cookies he wants to give to his three friends so that his three friends will each get three cookies. How many cookies does Tom have?x=9x=10x=6x=405

Answer 1

Given:

Tom has a certain number of cookies he wants to give to his three friends so that his three friends will each get three cookies.

Required:

How many cookies does Tom have?

Step-by-step explanation:

Let no. of cookies is x.

`\begin{gathered} \text{ He has three friends and he wants each to get three cookies.} \\ 3*3=9 \\ \text{ Total number of cookies equal 9.} \end{gathered}`

Answer:

The number of cookies x = 9.