Question

Alex had 80 chocolates. He gave half of the chocolates to his sister and he divided the rest of the chocolates equally among his 5 friends. How many chocolates does each of his friends get?

• A. 7
• B. 8
• C. 9
• D. 10

Answer 1

The correct option is B 8

Total number of chocolate
= 80

80 = 40 + 40

So, half of 80
= 40

Number of chocolate distributed among friends
= 80 - 40
= 40

He had distributed chocolate equally among 5 friends.
Lets apply repeated subtraction.

40 - 5 = 35
35 - 5 = 30
30 - 5 = 25
25 - 5 = 20
20 - 5 = 15
15 - 5 = 10
10 - 5 = 5
5 - 5 = 0

After 8 times 40 reduces to 0.

So each of his friend will get 8 chocolates.