Question

A teacher wishes to distribute 25 identical pieces of candy among 4 students, based on how many pages of a book they read last month. The table below lists the total number of pages read by each student. Child Shaun Conner Antonio Isaac Pages 655 205 480 355

Answer 1

Shawn = 10 candies

Connor = 3 candies

Antonio = 7 candies

Issac = 5 candies

Explanation:

find the total pages read:

655 + 205 + 480 + 355 = 1695

ratio them:

1695 pages = 25 candies (Find number of pages that equal 1 candy)

67.8 pages = 1 candy ( divide both sides by 25)

divide number of pages read by 67.7 (the number of pages required to read to get 1 candy)

655/67.8 = 9.66 = 10 (round all values to the nearest whole, as teacher

206/67.8 = 3.02 = 3 isn't going to split each of the candies)

480/67.8 = 7.08 = 7

355/67.8 = 5.24 = 5

hope this helps