Question

Karen gave an equal amount of m and m's to herself and four friends. Each person receives m and m's equivalent to the largest one digit number. How many m and m's did Karen have?

Answer 1

Karen had 45 m and m's candy.

Explanation:

Let the number of m and m's candy be 'x'.

Now given:

Karen gave an equal amount of m and m's to herself and four friends.

So we can say that;

Number of people m and m's candy distributed equally = 5

Also Given:

Each person receives m and m's equivalent to the largest one digit number.

Now we know that;

Largest one digit number is 9.

So we can say that;

Each person receives m and m's = 9

We need to find number of m and m's Karen have.

Solution:

So we can say that;

Total number of m and m's Karen have is equal to Number of people m and m's candy distributed equally multiplied by number of m and m's can each person receives.

framing in equation form we get;

Total number of m and m's Karen had =
`9*5 = 45`

Hence Karen had 45 m and m's candy.