Question

Scott bought three bags of candy with 75 pieces in each one. He plans to divide all the candy evenly among seven friends. How many pieces of candy will Scott have left for himself?

Answer 1

How many pieces of candy total? (3 bags)(75 pieces/bag) = 225 pieces

How many pieces to each friend? 225 pieces / 7 friends = 32 pieces each, with 1 piece left over for himself.

Answer 2

The answer is only one piece of candy

Explanation:

Firstly, we have to determine the total amount of pieces of candy:

There are three bags with 75 pieces in each one, so the total is:

`75+75+75=225`

Then, in order to determine the amount of pieces of candy for every friend,

we have to divide the total amount by 7, where the remainder of the division is the answer.

`(225)/(7)=32*7+1`

Remainder=1

Finally, every friend of Scott receive 32 pieces of candy evenly and Scott is left with only one piece of candy.