Spooky-Dooky Halloween

10/21/2023

At the end of Halloween night, after giving out candies to the creepy and crawly kids, Mr. Pham had less than 20 candies left. He was about to eat them all when the doorbell rang...
When he opened the door, he saw two Spooky Dookies (Spooky Isaiah, Spooky Jonah) asking for treats, so painfully, he divided his candies evenly into two piles, there was one candy leftover.
Suddenly, another Spooky kid came running in, it was Spooky Tyler! So he divided his candies into three even piles, and there was one candy leftover.
Just when he was about to give out the candies, another Spooky kid with funny horns ran to the door. It was Spooky Maleficent! So Mr. Pham divided the candies into four even piles and gave to the kids. Again, there was one candy leftover. So he ate it!
The question is, exactly how many candies Mr. Pham had just BEFORE the Spooky Dookies came to the door? (4 points)

ANSWER: Mr. Pham had only 13 candies left when the doorbell rang.
13 is one more than 12, which is divisible by two, three and four, and of course, 1 candy will be left over after you divide 12 by 2, by 3, or by 4. :)

WINNERS: Kalysta (4), Hadiqa (4)
1 point for participation:
Jazmine, Tyler, Melanie, Bella, Neema, Aaron, Jaslene, Alvaris, Fusi
-1500 points: Melanie 😝

15 Comments

Kalysta Wong

10/22/2023 02:10:02 pm

Mr. Pham had 13 candies before the spooky dookies came to his door.

Jazmine

10/25/2023 01:55:14 pm

Mr. Pham had 18 candies before the Spiooky Dookies arrived.

Tyler Yann

10/26/2023 01:26:17 pm

30 candies

Melanie

10/26/2023 01:32:58 pm

Yes, Mr. Pham is oogly! How'd you know??? Oh- wait... You looked in a mirror!!!

Bella

10/26/2023 01:33:39 pm

The answer is 17.

10/26/2023 01:34:49 pm

Yes, Mr. Pham ia oogly! How'd you know so fast? Oh- wait you looked in a mirror! Also 17.

Neema

10/26/2023 01:34:57 pm

19.5

Aaron

10/26/2023 01:35:19 pm

Jaslene Hernandez

10/26/2023 01:40:19 pm

you had 19 candies then you had to spit it in to 4 groups so you had one left.

10/26/2023 01:43:16 pm

you had 17 candies and you had to split it into 4 group's so you had one left. I didn't mean 19

alvaris

10/26/2023 01:46:35 pm

he had 18 candies

Fusi Zhu

10/26/2023 01:47:45 pm

Hadiqa

10/27/2023 12:51:21 pm

He had 13 candies when he started

10/27/2023 12:53:54 pm

Mr. Pham had exactly 13 candies before he gave it to the Spooky dookies

10/27/2023 01:01:05 pm

the answer is 18 because 18 divided by 4 = 4.5 and 4.5 x 4= 18

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