Question

Dividing the candies equally between 5 children, each child will get _____ candies.

• A. 1
• B. 2
• C. 3
• D. 4

Answer 1

The correct option is C 3

Using repeated subtraction to divide 17 candies among 5 children, we have:

Hence, 17 candies can be divided equally among the 5 children as shown:

Therefore, all the 5 children will get 3 candies each, and 2 candies will be left after the distribution.