Question

If each person gets

3/4 pound of squash, how many people can evenly split a 9-pound basket of squash from the farmer's market?



Explain which number is the dividend and which is the divisor. Then write a division problem and find the quotient.

Answer 1

12 people

Explanation:

9 pounds of squash can split into 12 people equally each having 3/4th of a pound.

Given that each person gets 3/4 pound of squash,

We can evenly split 9 pounds of squash into (9×4/3) = 12 people.

Answer 2

12 people can evenly split a 9-pound basket of squash.

Explanation:

A dividend is the number being divided, and a divisor is the number by which the dividend is being divided.

The 9-pound basket is going to be the dividend, as that is the total amount of squash being divided evenly among the people.

The 3/4 pound of squash is the divisor, as that is the amount that the total amount of squash is being divided into.

Division Problem:

`(9lbs)/((3)/(4)lbs) =(9*4lbs)/(3lbs)=(36lbs)/(3lbs)=12 People`