Question

Christi buys 48 barrettes. She shares the barrettes equally between herself and her 3 sisters. Write an expression to represent the number of barrettes each girl gets.

Answer 1

48 barrettes is being shared by a total of 4 people (herself+3 sisters=4)
What you're going to do is divide 48 by 4 and each one receives: 12 barrettes.

Answer 2

Answer:
`48/4`

Explanation:

Given : Total barrettes bought = 48

The total number of people shares the barrettes =3+1=4 (Including Christi)

Now, if She shares the barrettes equally between herself and her 3 sisters., then the expression to represent the number of barrettes each girl gets will be :-

`\text{Total barrettes}/\text{Total persons}\\\\=48/4` ( Using division operation)

Hence, the expression to represent the number of barrettes each girl gets:

`48/4`