Question

There is a basket containing 5 apples, how do you divide the apples among 5 children so that each child has 1 apple while 1 apple remains in the basket?

Answer 1

Answer:

keep one apple in the basket. Give the apple with the basket to one kid.

So both basket and kid have one apple.

Distribute the other 4 apples to the other four kids, one each.

Answer 2

Five apples are in a basket. How do you divide them among five girls so that each girl gets an apple, but one apple remains in the basket? Answer: Give the fifth girl her apple in the basket.