Question

Grandma Gertrude gave 13 pieces of jewelry and

Grandma Fien gave y pieces of jewelry to the Carlson

sisters to divide evenly among themselves. There are 5

Carlson sisters.

How many pieces of jewelry did each sister receive?

Write your answer as an expression.

pieces of jewelry

Answer 1

Answer: (13+y )/5

Explanation:

Hi, to answer this question we have to write an expression.

First, the total pieces of jewelry given by Gertrude and Fien are:

Total: 13 + y

To divide among the sisters, we have to divide the total number of pieces of jewelry given by Gertrude and Fien (13+y) by the number of sisters (5)

(13+y )/5

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Answer 2

`(13+y)/(5)`

Explanation:

Grandma Gertrude gave pieces of jewelry = 13

Grandma Fien gave y pieces of jewelry

Total no. of jewelry = 13+y

There are 5 Carlson sisters. They are asked to divide evenly among themselves.

So,5 sisters will get jewelry = 13+y

So, 1 sister will get jewelry =
`(13+y)/(5)`

Hence each sister will receive
`(13+y)/(5)`