Question

Maria has 14 pencils, Ted has 9 pencils, Tom has 12 pencils, Lucinda has 13 pencils, and Jumana has 12 pencils. How can they redistribute the pencils so that they all have the same amount? How many pencils should each person have?

Answer 1

Each person should have 12 pencils.

Explanation:

There are 5 people and 60 pencils. To distribute them evenly, you would divide 60 pencils by 5 people and get 12 pencils per person.

So, each person should get 12 pencils :)

Answer 2

Hello There today we will solve your problem

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Maria has 14 pencils, Ted has 9 pencils, Tom has 12 pencils, Lucinda has 13 pencils, and Jumana has 12 pencils. How can they redistribute the pencils so that they all have the same amount? How many pencils should each person have?

Response-

We are listed with the names Maria, Ted, Tom, Lucinda, and Jumana which would mean our equation would be

`x / 5`

`x` being the amount of pencils

_____________

Now to find the number of pencils we will add what everyone had together

`14+9+12+13+12\\{\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:60`

now since we have
`60` pencils and
`5` people we can divide

`60/5\\{\:\:\:\:12`

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  `12` pencils shall be distributed to Maria, Ted, Tom, Lucinda, and Jumana