Question

Buffalo Shuffle-o is a card game in which all the cards are distributed evenly among all players at the start of the game. When Annika and $3$ of her friends play Buffalo Shuffle-o, each player is dealt $15$ cards. Suppose $2$ more friends join the next game. How many cards will be dealt to each player?

$8$

$9$

$10$

$11$

$12$

Answer: C

Concepts:ratio and proportion

Difficulty rating: 660

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Written solution:

At the start, there are $4$ total people (Annika plus $3$ friends), each with $15$ cards, so there are $4 \times 15 = 60$ cards in total. If $2$ more friends join, there will be $6$ people in total, and so each should get $60 \div 6 = 10$ cards, which is choice C.

2025 AMC 8 Problem 3

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 660

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