Question

Jenn and some friends share 40 jellybeans equally. Is the number that each friend gets greater than 40 or less than 40? Explain.​

Answer 1

Each friend gets less than 40 jellybeans

Explanation:

Jenn is sharing the jellybeans equally among a group of friends, meaning each friend gets the same amount of jellybeans as everyone else.

Divide 40 by the amount of friends Jenn has. The number cannot exceed 40 because x is not 1 - there is more than one person in this situation. This means that the highest number of jellybeans Jenn can share is 20 - 2*20 = 40.

Therefore each friend gets less than 40 jellybeans.

Answer 2

Less than 40

Explanation:

because you are dividing 40 so it's being taken apart and shared