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Problem 41

Algebra Difficulty 1.1 Multiple choice CEMC Gauss (Grade 8) · Canada · 2025

Seong-hun had $36$ dried
apricot pieces that he gave to his $4$ children. Each child received the same
number of pieces. How many pieces did each child receive?

Pick one

Official solution

If each of $4$ children shared
$36$ pieces equally, then each child
received $\dfrac{36}{4}=9$
pieces.

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