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Max bought 12 apples and ate 1/3 of them.

Sam bought 12 apples and ate 1/4 of them.
How many apples did they each eat?Draw
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12 divided by 3 is 4, times the numerator (1) is the number of apples Max ate out of the ones he bought (4 eaten out of 12 bought, or 4/12).
12 divided by 4 is 3, times the numerator (1) is the number of apples Sam ate out of the ones he bought (3 eaten out of 12 bought, or 3/12).
So, together they ate 7 apples, and separately Max ate 4 and Sam ate 3.
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