Question

The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B. Part A: “If you share 7 apples equally with 3 people, then there are 2 1/3…”. First, complete this sentence. Then, briefly explain what the whole number 2, the denominator 3, and the numerator 1 mean in this problem. Part B: The expression 1 divided by 1/4 is given. Give a real-life application to explain this explanation and then simplify it.

Answer 1

Part A

7 apples are shared amongst 3 persons, we have:

`\begin{gathered} =(7)/(3) \\ =2(1)/(3) \end{gathered}`

The number "2" implies that everyone gets 2 apples each

The number "1" implies that after everyone had picked their apples, that's what was left

The number "3" represents the number of persons amongst whom the apples were shared

Part B

For example, you bought a pizza of 4 slices for yourself. You actually bought 1 pizza but in real-time, you have 4 pieces of pizza to yourself

`\begin{gathered} 1/(1)/(4) \\ =(1)/((1)/(4))=(1)/(0.25) \\ =4 \\ \\ \therefore1/(1)/(4)=4 \end{gathered}`