x games that she has purchased she keeps 3 and divide the rest evenly among 4 of her friends. how many did she purchase

Question

1 of them got 6 of them 

Answer 1

Hi Nhyki, 

Step One: Create Let Statements

Let x=the total number of games that she purchased 

Let x-3= the number of games that she kept for herself

Step Two: If "1 of them got 6 of them" means "1 of the friends got 6 games," then we can visually represent this information:

x-3                      6                                    6                               6                            6

She has        Friend 1                      Friend 2                      Friend 3                   Friend 4

Step Three: Create an equation

6=(x-3)/4

24=x-3

x=27

∴ She purchased 27 games

Best, 

Starlyte H.

Answer 2

If one friend got 6 then all 4 friends got 6.  She kept 3 for herself so the equation looks like this...

x = 6+6+6+6+3

or

x= 4(6) + 3