A group of 24 students have recess together. They are making teams to play a game. Each team has to have exactly 5 players, and

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A group of 24 students have recess together. They are making teams to play a game. Each team has to have exactly 5 players, and

no one can be on more than one team. How many teams can they make? (It is possible that not everyone can be on a team.) (Do not include units in your answer.)

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solmaris [256] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-20T01:18:26+03:00

solmaris [256]3 years ago

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Answer:

They can make 4 teams.

Step-by-step explanation:

You can see that 24 cannot be divided by 5, but you can subtract 4 from 24 to get 20, which is a multiple of 5. 20 divided by 5 is 4, so they can make 4 teams.