Question

A teacher distributes the following types of balls equally among $4$ students. How many more red balls does each student get as compared to the number of blue balls?

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Color of balls}& \text{Number of balls}\\ \text{Red}& 36\\ \text{Blue}& 28\end{array}$

• A. $9$
• B. $8$
• C. $6$
• D. $2$

Answer 1

The correct option is D $2$

Number of students $=4$
Number of red balls $=36$
Number of blue balls $=28$

For red balls
Number of balls with each student $=$ Number of red balls $÷4$
$=36÷4$
$=9$ balls
Hence, each student has $9$ red balls.

For blue balls
Number of balls with each student = Number of blue balls $÷4$
$=28÷4$
$=7$ balls
Hence, each student has $7$ blue balls.

Difference $=$ Number of red balls with each student - Number of blue balls with each student.
$=9-7$
$=2$
Therefore, each student gets $2$ more red balls as compared to the number of blue balls.

Hence, option D is correct.