Question

Exercise 6.6: Story sums
1. Abdul took 40 sweets for his friends. If he gave
8 sweets to each, how many friends were there?​

Answer 1

Given:-

• Abdul took 40 sweets for his friends.
• He gave 8 sweets to each.

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To find:-

• Friends were there.

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Solution:-

Here,

• no. of sweet = 40
• no. of sweets to each friend = 8

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According to the question

→ No. of friends = no. of sweets/no. of sweets to each friend

→ No. of friends = 40/8

→ 5 friends

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Hence,

• there are 5 friends.

Answer 2

Given :-

• No. of sweets taken by Abdul was 40
• He gave 8 sweets to each of his friends

To Find :-

• No. of friends

Solution :-

❒  If Abdul had divided the sweets among his friends then ::

$\sf \star \;\; Each\;friend\;had\;sweet=\dfrac{Total\;Sweets}{No.\;of\;friends}$

➼ Let's put the values in order to find no. of friends .

$\sf \leadsto 8 = \dfrac{40}{No.\;of\;friends}$

$\sf \leadsto 8 \times No.\;of\;friends = 40$

$\sf \leadsto No.\;of\;friends = \dfrac{40}{8}$

$\sf \leadsto No.\;of\;friends = 5$

∴ There were 5 friends