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

2 Answers
May 26, 2018

4/9

Explanation:

4 the number of sandwiches is the numerator

9 the number of students is the denominator

The ratio or fraction is

4/9

May 27, 2018

4 div 9 = 4/9

Each person gets 4/9 of a sandwich.

Explanation:

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