When Ravi brought 3 friends to his house after school, his mother gave them a box of pretzels and a box of crackers. She told them to share the snacks equally among themselves and to give her any that were leftover. The boys opened the boxes and found a total of 26 pretzels and 35 crackers.
How many pretzels and crackers did the boys give to Ravi's

First of all, we need to determine how many people are sharing the snacks. Ravi and his 3 friends would be four people.

Important:
4 friends

Next, we have to share the snacks equally, that means that each person gets the same exact amount of snacks.

Important:
4 friends
same exact amount if snacks for each person

Now, since you are seperating them equally amongst the four friends, we have to divide but you cannot go above the number 26, or 35.

4x7 gives you 28, although 26 is not divisble by 26, its ok to have extra so each child will have 4x6 (24) 6 crackers.

4x8 gives you 32 and you wouldn"t choose 4x6, or 7 because you will either have too many or too little.

So, each child will get 6 pretzels and 8 crackers. It is okay if there are extra snacks.