A hobo picks up cigarette butts from the ground and makes a cigarette with 4 butts. If he finds 16 cigarette butts, how many cigarettes can he make?

Answer

5.
He makes 4 cigarettes with the 16 butts. Then he smokes them and has 4 more butts to make another cigarette.

A hobo picks up cigarette butts from the ground and makes a cigarette with 4 butts. If he finds 16 cigarette butts, how many cigarettes can he make?

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