Question

Free note books were distributed equally among children of a class. The number of notebooks each child got was rth of the number of children. Had the number of children been half, each child would have got 16 notebooks. In total how many notebooks were distributed ?

• A. 256
• B. 432
• C. 512
• D. 640

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 512

Let total no. of children = x Total no. of note books got by 1 child = 1/8 * x Total no. of note books = x * X/8 or x²/8 As per question, x * x/8 = x/2 * 16 => x =64 Total no. of note books= 64 * 64/8 =512