Question

Brian, Meghan, and Sal are sharing a bag of 63 cookies. Brian gets 24 cookies, and Sal gets 19 cookies. How many cookies does Meghan get? Write five different ways they can share the cookies.

Answer 1

Meghan gets 20 cookies. Five different ways they can share the cookies.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find out how many cookies Meghan gets, we can subtract the number of cookies Brian and Sal get from the total number of cookies.

Let's calculate:

• Brian gets 24 cookies
• Sal gets 19 cookies
• So, the total number of cookies taken by Brian and Sal are 24 + 19 = 43

To find out how many cookies Meghan gets, we can subtract 43 from the total number of cookies, which is 63.

So, Meghan gets 63 - 43 = 20 cookies.

Here are five different ways they can share the cookies:

1. Brian gets 24 cookies, Sal gets 19 cookies, and Meghan gets 20 cookies.
2. Brian gets 20 cookies, Sal gets 19 cookies, and Meghan gets 24 cookies.
3. Brian gets 19 cookies, Sal gets 24 cookies, and Meghan gets 20 cookies.
4. Brian gets 20 cookies, Sal gets 24 cookies, and Meghan gets 19 cookies.
5. Brian gets 24 cookies, Sal gets 20 cookies, and Meghan gets 19 cookies.

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