Question

D) Sunayana had 20 marbles. She lost 6 marbles and she divided the rest of them among her 7 friends. (Show this information by a mathematical expression. (ii) How many marbles would each friend get?

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Answer 1

(20-6) ÷ 7 = 2

Explanation:

It says she lost 6 of 20 marbles, lost being a key word for subtraction. You have to put parentheses [ ( ) ] because she lost the marbles before giving them to her friends. She has 7 friends, so divide by 7. The answer to the problem would be 2.

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