Question

4. If a box of sweets is divided among 24 children, they will get 5 sweets each. How
many would each get, if the number of the children is reduced by 4?​

Answer 1

Answer:

6 sweets will get each student.

Step-by-step explanation:

4. If a box of sweets is divided among 24 children, they will get 5 sweets each. That means there are 120 sweets, 5*24=120.

If the number of the children is reduced by 4

then there will be 20 students, that means 120/6=20 or 6*20=120. Therefore the answer is 6.

Answer 2

Answer:

4 sweets

Step-by-step explanation:

No. of children = 24

No. of sweets each of them get = 5

according to the problem,

On reducing the no. pf children by 4. We get,

(24 -4) = 20

therefore,

no. of sweets each of then will get = 20 ÷ 5 = 4 (answer)