Question

1) Jessica won 55 pieces of gum playing the

bean bag toss at the county fair. At school
she gave two to every student in her math
class. She only has 3 remaining. How
many students are in her class?

Answer 1

First, I subtracted. 55 - 3 to get 52, as she should have three pieces of gum left over. Then, I divided 52 by 2, to get 26 students. To double check, I divided 52 by 26, which equals 2 pieces of gum per classmate.
So I believe the answer is: There are 26 students in Jessica’s math class.

Answer 2

26 students

Explanation:

55 pieces given - 3 she keeps for herself=52

52÷2pieces each = 26