Question

If each student needs 1/3 of a stick of clay to do an art project,and there are 4 sticks of clay, how many students can do the art project?

Answer 1

12 students. 3 of 1/3 make a whole.

Answer 2

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.