Auntie Ann distributed 108 stickers to some children.She gave 18 stickers to each boy and 2/3 of remainder to 2 girls to share equally. If each girl received 2/3 of what each boy had received, how many boys were there?
题目是:
Auntie Ann 把108张贴纸分给小孩。每个男孩获得18张贴纸,她再把剩下的 2/3 让两个女孩平分。如果每个女孩获得男孩所获得的贴纸的 2/3,那么总共有多少个男孩获得贴纸?
首先可以直接算出每个女孩获得多少张贴纸
Number of sticker each girl received
= 18 x 2/3
= 12
接下来算出有几个男孩
方法 1(代数)
Let number of boy = x
108 - 18x = 36
-18x = -72
x = 4
方法2(树图)
So there were 4 boys.