A group of 29 friends gets together to play a sport. First, people must be divided into teams. Each team has to have exactly 4 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.)

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Lillie Buchanan

27 December, 16:02

A group of 29 friends gets together to play a sport. First, people must be divided into teams. Each team has to have exactly 4 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.)

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Annika Chandler · Answer 1

They can make 7 teams. 7 x 4 = 28. They will just have 1 person extra, and he cannot be on a team. Just go 1 below 29, which is 28. You can make teams of four out of 28. So once again, there can be 7 teams, and 1 person cannot be on a team.

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Claire Carney · Answer 2

29 friends

4 friends in 1 team

29 = (7·4) + 1

so out of 29 friends we can make 7 teams of 4 players and 1 person will be left out.