Question

Mr. Martin buys 36 muffins for a class

breakfast. He places them on plates
for his students. If he places 9 muffins
on each plate, how many plates does
Mr. Martin use?

Answer 1

Mr. Martin used 4 plates.

Explanation:

36 divided by 9 equals 4, which is the number of plates he used.

Answer 2

The number of plates being used by Mr.Martin are 4

Solution:

According to question Martin buys total 36 muffins for a class Breakfast which he places them on the plates in such a way that there are 9 muffins on each plate

We have to determine the number of plates used by Mr. Martin to do this

Let the number of plate being used be denoted by ‘n’

`\text { Total muffins }=\text { Number of plates } * \text { Muffins on each plate }`

`\begin{array}{l}{36=n * 9} \\\\ {n=(36)/(9)=4}\end{array}`

Hence the number of plates being used are 4