Question

Jordan has 214 pieces of candy he wants to give them to his three friends if each friend get an equal amount how many pieces of candy does each get if he wanted to keep four pieces to himself how many pieces would his friend get?

Answer 1

70 pieces for each friend

Explanation:

214 pieces of candy

if he wanted to keep 4 for himself, that would leave (214 - 4) = 210 pieces

split between 3 friends.....210/3 = 70 to each friend

Answer 2

Each friend would get 70 pieces of candy.

Explanation:

This is because since he wants to keep 4 pieces. That would take 4 away from the 214 pieces of candy he has. That would mean he has 210 for all 3 of his friends. If you want each of them to get equal, then divide it by 3. That would give you 70 pieces of candy. So therefore, each friend gets 70 pieces of candy. If you want to write it in an equation format it would be (214-4)/3= amount of candy each friend gets.