I've a backet containing 5 lemons and need to divide it between 5 ppl keeping 1 in the basket?

Question

i meant basket!

Answer 1

Give 4 people 1 lemon each, and give the 5th person the basket itself - with 1 lemon inside it.

Answer 2

Your question doesn't say that the lemons have to be divided equally, so one solution would be to give 4 people 1/2 a lemon each and the fifth person 2 lemons. That will leave you with 1 lemon in the basket.

A better solution, would be to give the first four people 1 lemon each. That will leave one lemon in the basket. Give the basket containing the lemon to the fifth person (or keep it yourself if you are the fifth person). Then each person will have one lemon and the fifth lemon will still be in the basket.

Answer 3

5-1 = 4

means u need to divide 4 lemons among 5 people. so each person gets 4/5 of a lemon!

i have the same problem of dividing neoprints. BUT we can't cut the neoprint right? AWWWW headache!! T_T"

Answer 4

Give the 4 away and give the other remaining lemon while it's inside the basket.

Answer 5

Cut each lemon into 6 pieces. Pass them out to the 5 people, giving each person 5 pieces (one piece of each lemon). This leaves 5 pieces (one piece of each lemon) left in the basket.

Answer 6

give just one person one lemon in the basket and the rest a lemon alone.

Answer 7

everybody gets 4/5 of a lemon..

Answer 8

the first 4 people you should give a lemon each.The last one you should give the basket with the lemon in it.Is that clear???

Answer 9

5 - 1 = 4lemons
4/5 people = 0.8 lemons each

Answer 10

You keep one and the basket?