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A group of 17 friends want to go boating. Each boat can hold a maximum of 4 people. How many boats will they need so that all of them can go boating at the same time?

A group of 17 friends want to go boating. Each boat can hold a maximum of 4 people. How many boats will they need so that all of them can go boating at the same time?
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A group of 17 friends want to go boating. Each boat can hold a maximum of 4 people.

How many boats will they need so that all of them can go boating at the same time?

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User Returneax
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They will need 5 boats and in a fraction it will look like this 4 1/4
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User Mykola Semenov
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4 × 4 = 16. One left over.

Will need to take 5 boats so nobody is left out.
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User Venkatesh Somu
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