Question

Counting Cookies: Hannah baked 120 peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. She

wants to put the same number of cookies in each bag. Can she put the following
numbers in each bag: 10,5,9,3, 20, 7. Explain your answer for each number.*

Answer 1

10:12, 5:24, 9:13+1/3, 3:40, 20:6, 7:17+1/7

Explanation:

You simply divide 120 by each of the numbers.

120/10=12, 120/5=24, 120/9=40/3, 120/3=40, 120/20=6, 120/7=12+1/7