okay so i was given a worksheet with 15 word problems. i couldn't solve 2 so if you could help me out it would be good..

Question

If you ask Catwoman how many cats she has, she answers with the riddle, 'five-sixths of my cats plus seven.' how many cats does she have?

Abby, Britt, Christina, and Danny play with a deck of 32 cards. Danny deals them out unequally and then says, 'if we want to all have the same number of cards, abby should divide half her cards between britt and christina. then britt should do the same with christina and abby,, then christina should divide half of her cards between abby and britt.' how did danny initially distribute the cards??

thanks! im really stumped so anythhing can help.

Answer 1

13 cats

Answer 2

why is it 13?

Answer 3

42 cats
x= cats
x=5/6x+7
simplify.
1x-5/6x

1/6x=7
multiply 6 from both sides
7*6=42

Answer 4

wow that one got me but its 13 cards