Question

Chocolates need to be sold to a minimum of 8 customers.

If the chocolates are 7 more than five times the number of people and are distributed equally, find how many chocolates does each person get.

• A. 5
• B. 6
• C. 7
• D. 8

Answer 1

The correct option is A 5

Let the number of people be x.

Number of chocolates = 5x + 7

If the chocolates are distributed equally among the people, we can find the number of chocolates each person gets by dividing the number of chocolates with the number of people.

Using long division:

$$\begin{array}{c}5\\ \text{x}5\text{x}+7\\ -\underset{–}{5\text{x}}2\\ +7\end{array}$$

So,
Quotient = 5
Remainder = 7

Hence,
Each person gets 5 chocolates and
7 chocolates are left after distribution.