Question

2. Mohit had 390 marbles. He shared it with 8 boys and 13 girls so that each boy got 2 marbles
more than each girl. The number of marbles left with him is

Answer 1

Answer:

17

Step-by-step explanation:

Each boy got 2 marbles more than each girl. As there are 8 boys, then in all 8 × 2 = 16 extra marbles are distributed between boys and girls beside the number of equally divided marbles.

Number of marbles left to be divided equally between boys and girls = 390 – 16 = 374

Now, these 374 marbles are divided between boys and girls in such a way that they get equal number of marbles.

Total number of person = 8 boys + 13 girls = 21

Number of marbles each of them got = 374 ÷ 21 = 17 quotient and 17 remainder.

This implies that each boy and girl got 17 marbles.

Total number of marbles distributed = 17 × 21 = 357

Number of marbles left to be distributed = 374 – 357 = 17