Aniyah has 6 times as many birthday candles as Ambika. If Ambika has four birthday candles, how many birthday candles will they have if they put the birthday candles together and shared them equally between themselves? Give me reasons, before answering the question
If Ambika has four birthday candles, and Aniyah has 6 times as many birthday candles as Ambika, then Aniyah has 4 * 6 = 24 candles. When they put together the candles, the total number becomes 24 + 4 = 28 candles. When they divide the candles and share them equally, each person gets 28 / 2 = 14 birthday candles. So the final answer is 14.