SOLUTION: Three children ate 17 cookies altogether. Andrew ate more cookies than any other child. What is the smallest possible number of cookies that Andrew ate? A. 5 B. 9 C. 6 D. 8 E. 7

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Question 303599: Three children ate 17 cookies altogether. Andrew ate more cookies than any other child. What is the smallest possible number of cookies that Andrew ate?
A. 5 B. 9 C. 6 D. 8 E. 7
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Answer is B.9
17 - 9 = 8
There are reamining 8 cookies shared amongst the other two children.
The combination of adding 8 are:
1 + 7
2+ 6
3+ 5
4 + 4
All these numbers are smaller than 9.
Therefore,the smallest possible number of cookies that Andrew ate has to be 9.