Question

Pippa had 35 stickers.

She gave an equal number of stickers to 8 friends.
She gave each friend as many stickers as possible and kept the rest for herself.
How many stickers did Pippa keep for herself?
What is the misconception if a student selects D) 27?

A)3
B)4
C)11
D) 27

Answer 1

A) 3

Pippa kept 3 stickers for herself

Answer to question 2:

The misconception of if a student selects D) 27 is that instead of dividing to find out how many stickers Pippa kept for herself, the student subtracted. They subtracted instead of dividing.

Explanation:

It said that Pippa gave each of her friends an EQUAL number of stickers and AS MANY STICKERS AS POSSIBLE. This tells us that to find our answer we need to divide and what ever the remainder is, is how many stickers Pippa kept for herself.

(You will kind of need to do long division for this)

35 ÷ 8 = 4

8 x 4 = 32

35 - 32 = 3

Pippa will give each of her friends 4 stickers and will keep 3 for herself.

Step-by-step explanation for question 2:

35 stickers - 8 friends = 27

D) 27 is the wrong answer to question 1/part 1

I hope this helped! c: