Question

Mrs. Bodenheimer brought40 cupcakes for her bestbehaved math class... ifthere are 24 students in theclass, how many cupcakeswould each student get?

Answer 1

Mrs. Bodenheimer brought 40 cupcakes for her best behaved math class... if there are 24 students in the class, how many cupcakes would each student get?

step 1

Divide the number of cupcakes by the number of students

so

40/24

Simplify

40/24=20/12=10/6=5/3

REmember that

5/3=3/3+2/3=1+2/3=1 2/3

therefore

Each students get 1 2/3 cupcake