Five children have £23.09 altogether. Three children have between £5 and £6, and 2 have between £3 and £4. How much could they each have?

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Cherish Larsen

28 August, 08:02

Five children have £23.09 altogether. Three children have between £5 and £6, and 2 have between £3 and £4. How much could they each have?

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Omari Andrade · Answer 1

There are several possible answerschild 1=5.50

child 2=5.03

child 3=5.06

child 4=3.99

child 5=3.51

Tristan Villanueva · Answer 2

There are many different combinations of amounts they could have. The most simple is 5.04, 5.04, 5.04, 3.99, 3.99. This keeps you between those numbers. But you could also add or subtract cents from each as long as it maintains the proper restrictions.