Question

Bailey receives 82 pieces of candy while trick-or-treating on Halloween. She plans to eat four pieceseach day starting November 1st. How many pieces of candy will she have left on November 8th? IfThanksgiving falls on November 26th, will Bailey still have any candy left to share with her cousins? Ifshe will have candy left to share, how many pieces will she have left? If she will not have candy left toshare, on what day did she eat the last piece?

Answer 1

Megs, this is the solution:

Number of candies Bailey has on November 1st. = 82

Number of pieces she will eat per day = 4

In consequence,

Step 1:

On November 8th at the beginning of the day, Bailey will have:

82 - 7 * 4

82 - 28 = 54

She will have 54 candies

Step 2:

On November 26th, at the beginning of the day, Bailey will not have any candies to share with her cousins:

82 - 25 * 4

82 - 100

-18

-18/4 = -4.5

26 - 4.5 = 21.5

Step 3:

She have eaten all the candies on November 21st.

She have eaten 80 candies until November 20th (20 * 4), and the last two pieces on November 21st.