Question

John had mangoes. He ate 5 and shared the remaining among her 6 friends. He however found that he needed 2 more mangoes if each of the friends was to get 4 mangoes. How many mangoes had he at the beginning?

Answer 1

he had six friends, two each would have been 24 mangoes, however, he is short of 24 by 2, so he had left 22, and he then must have started with 27