Question

If a box of sweets is divided among 24 children, they will get 5 sweets each. If the number of the children is reduced by 4, each child would get___sweets?

• A. 6
• B. 7
• C. 5
• D. 8

Answer 1

The correct option is A

6

As the number of children increases, the number of sweets to each decrease. So children and sweets are in inverse proportion.

So, xy = constant

Let

x₁ = Number of children = 24

y₁ = Number of sweets each children gets if its distributed among 24 children = 5

x₁=24 and y₁ = 5

x₂ = 20 and y₂ = ?

x₁y₁ = x₂y₂

y₂ = $\frac{24\times 5}{20}=6$

So, each child gets 6 sweets.