Explanation:
9 + 1 = 182 ?????
they must be some mistakes in typing here.
I have no clue what you actually have here.
let's look at the 3 situations in the provided answer options, and then you can decide, which applies.
Oa
9 granola bars. each friend gets 1/2 bar.
when we break 1 bar in half, we get 2 halves.
now we break 9 bars in half, so we do this 9 times.
that means we get 9×2 = 18 halves.
so, 18 friends get half a bar.
there would be an equation like
9 / 1/2 = 18
Ob
9 pizzas. I assume each pizza has 8 slices.
so, we have 9×8 = 72 slices.
now we put out of these 72 slices 2 slices per plate.
so, we need 72/2 = 36 plates.
please adapt the calculation and replace 8 by the actual number of slices, if I misunderstood.
the equation here would be something like
9×8/2 = 36
Oc
1/2 box of Britain's is distributed equally to 9 people.
that means we need to divide 1/2 by 9.
1/2 / 9 = 1/2 / 9/1 = 1/2 × 1/9 = 1/18.
remember, when dividing by a fraction it is the same as multiplying with the upside-down fraction.
so, each family member gets 1/18 of the box.
the equation here would be something like above
1/2 / 9 = 1/18