A Artiiyer New member Joined Jan 14, 2016 Messages 1 Jan 14, 2016 #1 Trying to help my son - his answer is 9/36 is that correct I do not think so. Please explain for my understanding. Problem: Evan had 4 sandwiches and wanted to share them with 9 people how much will each person get? Draw a model.
Trying to help my son - his answer is 9/36 is that correct I do not think so. Please explain for my understanding. Problem: Evan had 4 sandwiches and wanted to share them with 9 people how much will each person get? Draw a model.
D Deleted member 4993 Guest Jan 14, 2016 #2 Artiiyer said: Trying to help my son - his answer is 9/36 is that correct I do not think so. Please explain for my understanding. Problem: Evan had 4 sandwiches and wanted to share them with 9 people how much will each person get? Draw a model. Click to expand... That is incorrect. Let us pretend each sandwich will be divided into 9 sections. Each section will be 1/9 sandwich. Each person will get a piece from each sandwich - total 4 pieces from 4 sandwiches. Then each person will get (4 * 1/9 = ) 4/9 sandwiches.
Artiiyer said: Trying to help my son - his answer is 9/36 is that correct I do not think so. Please explain for my understanding. Problem: Evan had 4 sandwiches and wanted to share them with 9 people how much will each person get? Draw a model. Click to expand... That is incorrect. Let us pretend each sandwich will be divided into 9 sections. Each section will be 1/9 sandwich. Each person will get a piece from each sandwich - total 4 pieces from 4 sandwiches. Then each person will get (4 * 1/9 = ) 4/9 sandwiches.