Adraiana and kyle have the same number of counters. they combine them with terry's counters and divide the total into 3 equal group. if adriana had 9 counters, what is the least number of counters terry could have had
9 + 9 = 18
Terry must have at least 3 counters
To find the least number of counters Terry could have had, we need to determine the total number of counters that Adriana and Kyle combined have and then divide that total by 3.
Given that Adriana had 9 counters, let's assume that Kyle also had 9 counters. Therefore, the combined total of Adriana and Kyle's counters is 9 + 9 = 18 counters.
To divide this total into 3 equal groups, we divide 18 by 3: 18 รท 3 = 6.
Therefore, the least number of counters Terry could have had is 6.