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The teacher gave 4 sandwiches to 9 students to share . if the students share the sandwiches equally. How many sandwiches would each student get?

Answer 1

Zoe Adams

#4/9 #

#4# the number of sandwiches is the numerator

#9# the number of students is the denominator

The ratio or fraction is

# 4/9#

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Answer 2

Skylar Adams

#4 div 9 = 4/9#

Each person gets #4/9# of a sandwich.

This type of question is much easier than students realise.

A question such as #12# item are shared equally between #4# friends would be done as:

#12 div 4 = 12/4 = 3#

Each person gets #3# items.

In this case we have #4# being shared between #9# people:

#4 div 9 =4/9#

Each person gets #4/9# of a sandwich,

The question is the answer!! This is very useful if the answer is not a whole number: Write the division as a fraction and that is the answer!

In the same way:

#2div 3 = 2/3#

#11 div 5 = 11/5 = 2 1/5#

#7 div 13 = 7/13#

#19 div 5 = 19/5 = 4 4/5#

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Answer 3

Gabriel Agustin

Each student would get (\frac{4}{9}) of a sandwich.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.