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Read the problem below and find the solution. Draw a diagram on your own
paper to help solve it.
A group of 23 friends gets together to play a sport. First, people must be
divided into teams. Each team has to have exactly 4 players, and no one can
be on more than one team. How many teams can they make? (It is possible
that not everyone can be on a team.)
(Do not include units in your answer.)
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User Anand Jha
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Answer:

They could make at most 5 teams and its not possible to make everyone on team.

Explanation:

If there are 4 players on a team, then we use 23 ÷ 4 = 5.75, 0.75 is not enough for 1, so there are 3 players remaining after making 5 teams.

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