Laurie buys four bags of candy with 10 pieces of candy in each bag. Her mother then gives her 3 more pieces of candy. Laurie wants to give as much of her candy as she can to each of her 6 friends, and she wants to make sure they each get an equal number of pieces. How many pieces will be left over, if any, after Laurie gives her friends the candy?

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nathanwinston nathanwinston · Answer 1 · 2015-04-24T17:41:16-04:00

2.1666666667 or 2.166666666 bared
Is the answer because
10 + 3 = 13 divided by 6 friends is 2.16666 bared

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lidaralbany lidaralbany · Answer 2 · 2019-09-03T23:31:24-04:00

The number of pieces she will be left with if she gives candies to her friend is:

1 candy

It is given that:

Laurie buys four bags of candy with 10 pieces of candy in each bag.

This means that the total number of candies she buy are:

10×4=40 candies.

Also, her mother then gives her 3 more pieces of candy.

This means that now the total number of candies she has with her is:

40+3=43 candies.

Now, she wants to give these candies to her 6 friends such that each get a equal number of candies.

Now, when she gives 7 candies to each of her friend then she will be left with 1 candy which can't be further distributed.

( Since, 6×7=42 candies

and 43-42= 1 candy )

Hence, the number of pieces left over with her are:

1