10.A deck of cards was dealt out equally to 7 people with 2 remaining cards. How many cards were in the deck originally? Let
Therefore, the total number of cards in the deck was
Step 1 :Given that the deck of cards was dealt out equally to 7 people with 2 remaining cards, we can set up the following equation:
Step 2 :The number of cards each person received must be a whole number, because you can't deal out a fraction of a card. Therefore, the total number of cards, c, must be a multiple of 7 plus 2.
Step 3 :The smallest multiple of 7 is 7 itself, but
Step 4 :The next multiple of 7 is 14, but
Step 5 :The multiple of 7 that gives a number greater than or equal to 52 when 2 is added is
Step 6 :The next multiple of 7 is
Step 7 :Therefore, the total number of cards in the deck was