Homework Help: Math

Posted by Antonio on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 8:46pm.

Sarah's mom made cookies for Sarah and her four friends. There's one cookie too many to divide evenly among the friends. Then two more friends showed up. Sarah gave her mom one cookie, which allowed Sarah to divide all the cookies evenly. How many cookies did Sarah's mom originally make?

Math - Anonymous, Friday, April 9, 2010 at 12:30pm
36
Math - bella, Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 10:06pm
12

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