The Luck of the Irish
8 leprechauns followed the rainbow to a pot of gold and found 24 gold coins. If they share the gold coins equally, how many coins will each leprechaun get? Write an equation with a variable and solve.
25 leprechauns followed the rainbow to a pot of gold and found 400 gold coins. If they share the gold coins equally, how many coins will each leprechaun get? Write an equation with a variable and solve.
Jessica picked some clovers. One was a four-leaf clover and the rest were three-leaf clovers. Altogether she counted 31 leaves. How many 3-leaf clovers did she pick? Explain how you solved the problem.