Question

Sue baked 3 pans of brownies for 10 friends. She cut each pan of brownies into 10 pieces. What equal portion of brownies did each friend get?

Option 1: 1/3 of a pan of brownies
Option 2: 3/10 of a pan of brownies
Option 3: 1/10 of a pan of brownies
Option 4: 3 pans of brownies for each friend.

Answer 1

Each friend gets 3/10 of a pan of brownies, as Sue baked 3 pans and cut each into 10 pieces, which gives 3 pieces per friend from a total of 10 pieces per pan.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine what equal portion of brownies each friend got, we need to calculate the total number of pieces and then divide that number by the number of friends. Sue baked 3 pans of brownies and cut each pan into 10 pieces, making a total of 30 pieces. Since she has 10 friends, we divide the total number of pieces (30) by the number of friends (10), which results in 3 pieces per friend. Therefore, each friend receives 3 pieces, and since each pan was divided into 10 pieces, each friend gets 3/10 of a pan of brownies.

Option 2: 3/10 of a pan of brownies is the correct answer to the question about the equal portion of brownies each friend gets.