Pradeep gave away $8$ sweets to his friends. This number was one-fifth of the number of sweets that he had with him at first. How many sweets did Pradeep have with him at first?

Open in App

Solution

Let Pradeep had $x$ sweets at first.
Then according to the problem,
$\begin{matrix} 1 / 5 o f x = 8 x = 8 \times 5 x = 40 \end{matrix}$

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

The number of chocolates bought by Alex is $\frac{1}{4}$ of the number of sweets he bought. He gave 4 chocolates and 3 sweets to each of his friends, after which he had 10 chocolates and 79 sweets left. How many sweets did Alex buy?

Q. Shiva gives two-fifth of his sweets to Rohan and then gives another 4 sweets to Rakesh. He now has 8 sweets left. How many sweets did he have initially?

Q. Sekhar gives a quarter of his sweets to Renu and then gives

5

sweets to Raji. He has

7

sweets left. How many did he have to start with?

Shankar gives one quarter of his sweets to Revu and then gives another $5$ sweets to Raju. He now has $10$ sweets left. How many sweets did he have initially?

Q. Amrit , Ajay and Sudhansu has some sweets with them. Amrit gives half of his sweets to ajay then Amrit and ajay will have sweets in a

2 : 3

ratio..If sudhansu has one-fifth as many sweets as Ajay (after Amrit gives half his sweets to Ajay), then what is the ratio of the number of sweets Amrit has to the number of sweets sudhansu has?

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

Pradeep gave away 8 sweets to his friends. This number was one-fifth of the number of sweets that he had with him at first. How many sweets did Pradeep have with him at first?

Let Pradeep had x sweets at first.Then according to the problem,1/5ofx=8x=8×5x=40

Pradeep gave away $8$ sweets to his friends. This number was one-fifth of the number of sweets that he had with him at first. How many sweets did Pradeep have with him at first?

Let Pradeep had $x$ sweets at first.
Then according to the problem,
$\begin{matrix} 1 / 5 o f x = 8 x = 8 \times 5 x = 40 \end{matrix}$