Question

Sammy won 40 bouncy balls at the fall festival. Later, she gave two to each of her friends. She has 8 remaining. How many friends did she give the balls to.

Answer 1

16 friends

Explanation:

40 balls - 8 remaining = 32 balls in total

32 b in total / 2 balls each = 16 friends

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Answer 2

Sammy would have 16 friends.

Explanation:

Let total number of friends be x, each friend gets 2 balls, this can be denoted as 2x balls.

The final relation can be expressed as:

40 (total number) =2x+8 , here 8 is the remainder after distribution.

Now we can solve for x

40=2x+8

40−8=2x

32=2x

x=16