Question

Molly is wrapping up parts of sandwiches to sell at hersandwich cart. She cuts each sandwich in fourths and then wraps each fourthseparately. She says that she wrapped 16 fourths, so she wrapped 16 wholesandwiches. What was Molly's mistake?

Answer 1

Given data:

Molly wrapped 16 fourth sandwiches means,

`(1)/(4)(16)=4`

Molly wrapped only 4 whole sandwiches not 16.

Thus, Molly wrapped only 4 whole sandwiches.