Question

A teacher has 396 pieces of candy. If there are 44 students, 6 of whom are boys, if divided evenly, how many pieces of candy will each student get?

Answer 1

9 pieces of candy.

Explanation:

The information about how many boys there are is irrelevant, so we can just ignore that.

The important information is that the teacher has 396 pieces of candy and that it is split between 44 students equally.

So, to solve, we just do 396 / 44 = 9.

Therefore, each student will get 9 pieces of candy.