Question

Vince bought 6 boxes of worms to use as bait while fishing with his friends. If each person uses exactly 3/8 of a box of worms, how many people can share the worms.

Answer 1

We are given the following information:

each person uses 3/8 a box

there are 6 boxes

Because each box is $\frac{8}{8}$, and there are 6 boxes, we know that 1 person is $\frac{3}{8*6}$, or $\frac{3}{48}$.

In order to find how many people can use the 6 boxes, we can divide it by 3 (for each use):

48 / 3 = 16

Therefore, 16 people can share the worms.

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