A class field trip to the museum has 60 students that are being divided into two groups of students; one group has sixteen less than the other, how many are in each group?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-18T22:34:02

The groups have 22 and 38 students in them.

The numbers of students in the two groups differ by 16.

Put the 16 extra students on one side for a moment.

There are now #60-16 = 44# students left,

Divide them into two equal groups of 22 in each.

Now add the 16 students to one of the groups.

One group has #22# students.
The other group has #22+16 = 38# students

# 22+38 = 60# students altogether.