Question

A number of students were asked this question:

“How many cousins do you have?”
The lowest answer given was 6.
The highest answer given was 20.
The total of all the answers given was 50.
What is the smallest number of students who could have been asked?

Answer 1

Four

For example:
Student #1 has 20 (highest)
Student #2 has 6 (lowest)
Student #3 has 16
Student #4 has 8
20 + 6 + 16 + 8 = 50