Question

David has 3 candy bars. He wants to cut each candy bars into halves. How many 1/2 sized pieces will he have?

Answer 1

6

Explanation:

1 candy bar: 2 halves

3 candy bars: 6 halves

Or,

3 ÷ ½ = 6

Answer 2

= 6

Explanation:

He will have 6 half pieces

To solve

3 will be divided by 1/2

= 3 ÷ 1/2

To change the sign, we flip the fraction around

= 3 × 2/1

= 6