Question

Christy buys 48 barrettes. She shares the barrettes equally between herself and her 3 sisters. Write an expression to represent the nun of barrettes each girl gets

Answer 1

each girl would get 12

Explanation:

1x+1x+1x+1x=48

48÷4=12

1(12)+1(12)+1(12)+1(12)=48

Answer 2

The required expression is
`(48)/(4)` or 4.

Explanation:

Given,

Total number of batteries = 48,

Number of girls = 4 ( Christy and her 3 sisters ),

Thus, the number of batteries get by each girl =
`\frac{\text{Total batteries}}{\text{Total girls}}`

`=(48)/(4)`

= 12