Question

Sam, Jasmine and Merry decided to share 20 chocolates. Merry took 4 chocolates and Jasmine took three times as many as Sam. How many chocolates did Sam take?

• A. $4$
• B. $8$
• C. $3$
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A $4$

Let the number of chocolates that Sam took be $x$.
Accordingly, Jasmine took $3\times x$ chocolates.
$\Rightarrow x+3x+4=20$
$\Rightarrow 4x=16$
$\Rightarrow x=4$
$\therefore$ Sam received 4 chocolates.