Question

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

Answer 1

Find the number of sweets each child will get

Sweets distributed among each child = $5$

Total number of children = $24$

Total sweets = $24\times 5=120$

If the number of children is reduced by $4$, the total number of children = $24-4=20$

Let the new number of sweets be $x$

$$\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow x\times 20=24\times 5 \\ \Rightarrow x=\frac{24\times 5}{20} \\ \Rightarrow x=6 \end{gathered}$$

Hence, the number of sweets each child will get is $6$.