Answer:
12 students
Explanation:
Because the total is 4 sticks, and each student needs 1/3 of a stick, we would have to see how many 1/3 sticks fit into 4 sticks. Because 3 of the 1/3 sticks fit into 1 stick, then 4 sticks would be 4*3=12 of the 1/3 sticks, which means 12 students can do it.
We could also just do: 4/(1/3)= 4*(3/1)=12
This is fractional division. The second value of the division process, we switch the numerator and denominator's, and the expression turns to a multiplication expression, where we can just multiply.