Question

Three friends were at a festival together and they won 20 small prizes. They decided to split the prizes as evenly as possible. How many prizes will they each get?

Answer 1

Each of the friends will get 6 with 2 small prizes remaing

Explanation:

20 ÷ 6 = 18 remainder of 2

Ignore the 2 because you cannot split 2 evenly from 3 people.

So each friend gets 6, while there is a 2 remainder

To check our work just do 6 × 3 = 18 and 20 - 18 = 2

So, in conclusion, each friend get 6 while there are 2 small prizes left

Answer 2

they would each get 6 and there would be 2 left over

Explanation:

3x6=18

20-18=2

=2 leftovers