Question

A group of 24 students have recess together. They are making teams to play a game. Each team has to have exactly 5 players, and no one can be on more than one team. How many teams can they make? (It is possible that not everyone can be on a team.) (Do not include units in your answer.)​

Answer 1

They can make 4 teams.

Explanation:

You can see that 24 cannot be divided by 5, but you can subtract 4 from 24 to get 20, which is a multiple of 5. 20 divided by 5 is 4, so they can make 4 teams.