Ming won 121 lollipops playing basketball at her schools game night. Later, she gave four to each of her friends. She has 9 remaining. How many friends does she have?
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Number of lollipops ming has = 121
Let the number of friends be x
Then, 4x + 9 = 121
Transposing 9 other side, we get
4x = 121 - 9
4x = 112
x = 112/4
x = 28
Therefore, Ming has 28 friends.