Fran found 60 gemstones that she put into 6 equal groups. She took one of the groups and split them equally among her 2 best friends. How many gemstones were each friend given?

5 gemstones

Explanation:

There are 60 gemstones and there are 6 groups to which the gemstones are distributed equally.

So, each group will have

Now, out of the groups one group is taken and split into two equal halves so the halved group will have

So, each friend will have 5 gemstones.

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