SOLUTION: I'm in 4th grade i don't understand how to solve. Nicole has $9 to spend on cards. She finds friends with the same amount of money to split the cost of a set. One set costs $27.

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Question 1012610: I'm in 4th grade i don't understand how to solve.
Nicole has $9 to spend on cards. She finds friends with the same amount of money to split the cost of a set. One set costs $27. Each friend gets the same number of cards. How many cards does each friend get?

Found 2 solutions by rothauserc, MathTherapy:
Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be the number of cards in the $27 set, then
Nicole has two friends that have $9 each, this makes 3 people, therefore
each person gets x/3 cards

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I'm in 4th grade i don't understand how to solve.
Nicole has $9 to spend on cards. She finds friends with the same amount of money to split the cost of a set. One set costs $27. Each friend gets the same number of cards. How many cards does each friend get?
Each person pays: %28%22%24%2227%29%2F3 = $9

You also divide the number of cards in the set by 3 to find how many cards each person gets