Question

A teacher wants to buy some oranges for her twenty-four students to share for a snack. Each orange will be cut into eight slices. Each student will have four orange slices to eat for a snack. How many oranges does the teacher need to buy? Show all mathematical thinking.

Answer 1

The teacher will need to buy 12 oranges. The answer is 12 because if she has 24 students and wants to give them 4 a piece just divide 12 by 2 and you will get 6 and 6 times 4 is 24. I am so sorry for not explaining so well but I it only took so long because I tried to my best ability to explain to you. Have a great day!!!

Answer 2

the answer is 12. 1 orange can feed 2 kids so 1 orange=2 kids, 2 oranges=4 kids so on and so on then you get to 12 oranges=24 kids. hope this helps