How many times can you subtract 4 from 57?

"How many times can you subtract 4 from 57?" is a tricky question. We think that there are three different answers to this question.

Answer 1: Once
It is once, because after you subtract 4 from 57 once, you are left with 53. Thus, you cannot subtract 4 again from 57.

Answer 2: 14.25 times
14.25 times, because 57 divided by 4 is 14.25. After you subtract 4, 14.25 times from 57, then there is nothing left to subtract from.

Answer 3: Infinite
There is nothing that says you can't keep subtracting 4 from 57 indefinitely. Just because you will end up with negative numbers doesn't mean you have to stop subtracting!

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