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A mother had 8 apples and 6 children how could she divide the apples equally among the children without fractional parts?
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∙ 12y ago
She gave each child an apple, then ate two herself.
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How can you divide equally 16 apples among 17 children?
Yes give them each 16/17 of an apple.
How do you divide 5 apples among 8 people equally?
Each person receives 1.6 apples.
How do you share 5 apples between 7 people equally?
You make applesauce.
If you share 7 apples equally with 3 people how much would each person get?
Each person would receive two whole apples and one third each.
What is a word problem for 35 divided by 490?
0.0714
How do you divide 8 apples between 6 children without fractional parts?
you cant
How do you divide equally 16 apples for 17 children?
how do you divide 16 apples equally between 17 children
How can you divide equally 16 apples among 17 children?
Yes give them each 16/17 of an apple.
Share 9 apple equally between 4 children?
they each get 2 and 1/4 apples
Can you divide 16 apples equally among 17 children?
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.
How do you divide 5 apples among 8 people equally?
Each person receives 1.6 apples.
Counterexample of division of whole?
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.
How do you divide 16 apples equally among 17 children?
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. :-)>
How do you divide 16 apples equally between 10 children?
Cut each apple into fifths (creating 90 1/5 segments). Then, give each kid 9 segments.
How Five friends divide three bags of apples equally between them write as a fraction?
It is 3/5 bags of apples each.
How do you share 5 apples between 7 people equally?
You make applesauce.
If you have 12 apples and share them equally with 4 friends keeping none for yourself how many apples will each friend get?
If not a trick question, then 3.
