Mike has $55$ pieces of gum playing hoops at the County Fair.
At school he gave $4$ to every student in his math class, he only has $3$ remaining.
How many students are in his class?

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Solution

Finding the number of students in class:
Given, Mike has $55$ pieces of gum and he gave $4$ to each student in his class.
Out of $55$ he has $3$ remaining, which means total gum distributed is $55 - 3 = 52$
Since the gums are equally divided among students as $4$ to each, we can say that
$\Rightarrow 4 \times$ total number of students $= 52$
Therefore, total number of students $= \frac{52}{4}$
$= 13$
Hence, the total number of students in class is $13$

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Mike has 55 pieces of gum playing hoops at the County Fair. At school he gave 4 to every student in his math class, he only has 3 remaining. How many students are in his class?​

Mike has $55$ pieces of gum playing hoops at the County Fair.
At school he gave $4$ to every student in his math class, he only has $3$ remaining.
How many students are in his class?