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Jan and Laura have a total of 3 same sized cookies they want to divide equally between the two of them. What fraction of the cookies should each girl receive?
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Jan and Laura have a total of 3 same sized cookies they want to divide equally between the two of them. What fraction of the cookies should each girl receive?

User Ugesh Gali
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Its 3 over 3 and it equals 1 because its an equal fraction so each of them get 1.
User Prabhakar Reddy
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There are three cookies and two girls. So divide the number of cookies over the number of people who want equal shares.
3/2 or 1 1/2
Each girl gets one and a half cookies.

Hope this helps :)
User Sekhar Madhiyazhagan
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