Mathematics
Grade-4-
Easy

Question

Steven has 72 sweets in a bag. He keeps 1 fourth of them to himself and shares the rest with friends. Then, _______sweets he will give to his friends.

  1. 12
  2. 24
  3. 38
  4. 54

hintHint:

Multiplication is a method of finding the product of two or more numbers.

The correct answer is: 54


    Here, we are given that Steven has 72 sweets. He keeps ¼ of the total sweets and gives the rest to his friends. We have to find the number of sweets that Steven gave to his friends.
    Firstly, we have to find the number of sweets Steven kept for himself.
    Number of sweets Steven kept = ¼ × total number of sweets
    = ¼ × 72
    = 18.
    Let the number of sweets Steven gave to his friends be x.
    Now, Total number of sweets = number of sweets Steven has + number of sweets he gave to his friends
    Or, 72 = 18 + x
    Or, 72-18 = x
    Or, 54 = x
    Or, x =54.
    Then, Steven gave 54 sweets to his friends.
    Hence, the correct option is D.

    Sum of sweets Steven has and those which he gave to his friends is equal to the total number of sweets.

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