Question

Twenty-seven marbles are shared

between some children.
Each child receives six marbles and
there are three marbles left over.
How many children share the
marbles?

Answer 1

Answer: 4 children

Step-by-step explanation: This is the answer because if there are 27 marbles there were 3 left over so subtract that 24 if every child got 6 marbles then 24 divided by 6 is 4 which means there were 4 children.

27-3= 24 divided by 6= 4

Answer 2

4

Explanation:

27-6=21 1

21-6=15 2

15-6=9 3

9-6=3 4