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Two friends share 3 cereal bars equally. How many cereal bars will each person get? explain your thinking

User Mirmdasif
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Answer:Each person will get one and a half cereal bar because 3 things cannot be evenly distributed among two friends.

Explanation:

3/2= 1.5

This is because the two friends are sharing 3 so you will divide three by two to see how may each person gets.

User Ishan Tiwary
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Answer:

Explanation:

Each person will get 1½ because each get 1 and then you are left with 1 more and they split that so into ½ so they each get 1½.

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