At his birthday party, John's mother served a plate of 23 cupcakes. If every person at the party ate the same amount of cupcakes and all of the cupcakes were eaten, how many people were at John's birthday party?

A) 23
B) 12
C) 6
D) 4

A) 23

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's divide the total number of cupcakes by the different option choices, and see what works and what doesn't:

A) 23/ 23 = 1

   This works, everyone will get one cupcake

B) 23 / 12 ≈ 1.91666667

   This doesn't work, we have a decimal / remainder, and you normally would not split 2/3s of a cupcake with someone at a party

C) 23 / 6 ≈ 3.8333334

   This doesn't work, we have a decimal / remainder, and you normally would not split 2/3s of a cupcake with someone at a party

D) 23 / 12 ≈ 5.75

   This doesn't work, we have a decimal / remainder, while this is a nicer remainder, it still is incorrect

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