Question

Carter and Sani each have the same number of marbles. Sani's little sister comes in and takes some of

Carter's marbles and gives them to Sani. After she has done this, Sani has 18 marbles and Carter has 10

marbles. How many marbles did each of the boys start with? How many marbles did Sani's sister take

from Carter and give to Sani?

Answer 1

Answer: both boys started with 14 marbles sani’s sister took 4 marbles and gave them to carter

Explanation:

If they started with the same amount then sanis sister took some and gave them to carter and made it to where sani now has 18 and carter has 10 it’s simple math.

10 to 18 is 8 in between so split 8 in half and you get 4 so you count down 4 from 18 and you get 14.

There for both boys started with 14 marbles.

Answer 2

The first answer is 14 marbles.

The second answer is 4 marbles.

Explanation:

1. Add as many marbles needed to Carter's pile to match the amount of marbles with Sani's amount to get both amounts to be even.

2. The number of marbles you moved to Carter's pile to make both amounts even is the answer to the second question.