My son has hw and i dont know how to do it.
John baked 41 cookies. He gave the same number of cookies to each of his 5 friends, saving 11 cookies for himself. How many cookies did each friend recieve.
2007-03-23 10:51:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Yes, you should help your son. I know that people have answered already, but your son will want an explanition (if not, you should give one to him anyway)
Facts
He has 41 cookies
He has 5 friends
Each friend gets the same ammount
He has 11 left
Just to get technical for a sec, you can set up an equation for this
41 cookies = 5 friends * ammount of cookies per friend + 11 for himself or 41=5x+11
Now he can rearrange it to 41-11=5x = 30=5x = x=6
Now verbally.
He has 41 cookies. He took 11 for himself in the end. So there are 30 to go around for his 5 friends. Simple division gets you 6 per friend.
I would hope that my hard work would pay off as a best answer.
2007-03-23 11:21:35 · answer #1 · answered by stepanstas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*This is how- 1. John had saved 11 cookies for himself, right? So you do 41-11, = to 30.
2. 30 divided by 5 is 6. Each of his friend recieved 6.
2007-03-23 20:06:27 · answer #2 · answered by Jessica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 cookies
ok John baked 41 cookies
he took out 11 for himself
that leaves 30 cookies to distribute among his friends
if each friend gets the same amount u would have 2 divide 30 by 5 which equals 6
2007-03-23 18:10:44 · answer #3 · answered by randi.duh 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
41-11=30 (the number after you take the 11 for himself)
30/5 friends = 6 cookies to each friend.
2007-03-23 17:59:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
41-11=30; 30/5=6; 6 cookies per friend
2007-03-23 18:35:19 · answer #5 · answered by theca_va 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6
2007-03-23 18:05:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
41 - 11 saved for himself = 30 given away.
30/5 = 6 to each friend.
2007-03-23 17:54:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
4
2007-03-23 18:15:46 · answer #8 · answered by heartbreakworld 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
john have 41 cookies..and keep 11 for himself
41-11= the # of cookies he gives to his friend
41-11=30
he has 30 cookies to give to his friend. he has 5 friends
30/5=# of cookies his friend receive
30/5=6
each of John's friend received total of 6 cookies
2007-03-23 18:08:01 · answer #9 · answered by ArcDemon2223 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
41-11 = 5X
total cookies minus John's 11 (that he is giving to me! as I have a gallon of milk!))= same amount 5 friends
41-11 = 5X
30 = 5x....divide by 5
X = 6 cookies to each friend
2007-03-23 17:57:33 · answer #10 · answered by tom4bucs 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋