Question

3 friends want to buy a box of candies. Which of the following boxes should they buy so that each of them gets an equal number of candies?

• A. Box with 16 candies
• B. Box with 27 candies
• C. Box with 25 candies
• D. Box with 20 candies

Answer 1

The correct option is B Box with 27 candies

They should buy the box of candies in which the number of candies can be divided equally among 3 people. That is, the number of candies should come in the table of 3 or be divisible by 3.

So out of the given options only 27 is divisible by 3.

27 $÷$ 3 = 9

So, each will get 9 candies.