Question

Eight cakes cost 4.00. how much do three cakes cost ?

Answer 1

three cakes equals $1.50
because.....
8 divided by $4.00 equals 2
so 3 divided by 2 equals $1.50

Answer 2

8 cakes ... 4.00
3 cakes ... x = ?

If you would like to know how much do 3 cakes cost, you can calculate this using the following steps:

8 * x = 4 * 3
8 * x = 12 /8
x = 12/8
x = 3/2 = 1.5

The correct result would be 1.5.