Question

Emma buys a packet of lollies for the movies. She eats half of the packet and her 3 friends share the rest. If her friends receive 6 lollies each, how many were in the packet originally?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Let, the total no. of lollies in the packet be x.

Half of the lollies be 1/2of x

1/2x

A.T.Q.

x = 1/2x + 6

x - 1/2x = 6

1/2x = 6

x = 6 × 2

x = 12

Hence, there were 12 lollies in the packet.

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Answer 2

So you know that Emma ate half of the packet then gave to her friends the rest
So we simply get the number of lollies her friends received and multiply with two because Emma ate half of the lollies
Therefore 6 each meaning, first we multiply 3 and 6 = 18
So now we multiply 18 by 2
=36


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