you cut them in five peices
You divide each apple into 3 equal pieces. You will then have 8 x 3 = 24 equal pieces. 24 pieces divided by 6 people = 4 pieces per person
To share 2 apples among three people equally, each person would receive ( \frac{2}{3} ) of an apple. This can be achieved by cutting one apple into three equal parts, giving each person ( \frac{1}{3} ) of an apple, and then repeating the process with the second apple. Therefore, each person would receive approximately 0.67 of an apple.
You sure can. Give each child one apple and cut the last into 16 pieces - one for each child.If you don't want to cut the apple then no, you cannot equally divide 17 apples among 16 children.
To share 2 apples among 3 people equally, you can cut one apple in half, giving each person 0.5 apples. Then, cut the second apple in half, giving each person another 0.5 apples. This way, each person will have a total of 1 apple, and the apples are shared equally among the 3 people.
No.
Since 16 and 17 are relatively prime, i.e. they share no divisors other than 1, the only ways to divide 16 apples equally amongst 17 children is to either cut each apple into 17 pieces and give 16 pieces to each child, or cut a 17th of an apple out of each apple, give the cut apples to 16 of the children and give the 16 pieces to the 17th child.Another way to do it is to make apple sauce. From my wife. Gee, wish I had thought of that. :-)>
Yes give them each 16/17 of an apple.
A counterexample for the division of whole numbers is if we have 6 apples and we try to divide them equally among 4 people. Each person would get 1 apple and there would be 2 apples remaining. In this case, it is not possible to divide the apples equally among 4 people without leaving any remainder.
Oh, dude, sharing 6 apples equally among 7 people? That's like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Each person would get 6/7 of an apple, which is like a sad, tiny fraction of fruity goodness. So basically, you're looking at a lot of disappointed faces with those measly apple slices.
The total mass of the apple remains the same whether it is whole or sliced into pieces. Slicing the apple into pieces does not change the total amount of matter in the apple.
Both are equally as important and its always better to eat an apple with the skin on! :)
an apple.