Question

Mrs. Hanson has 2 pies for a party. She calculates that if she splits the pies evenly among the guests, they will each receive 1/8 of a pie. How many guests are there?

Answer 1

There are 32 guests.
Proof: 1*8*2=32.

Answer 2

The answer is actually 16, half of 32  1/8 x 1/2 = 2/16 divided by 2/2 = 1/8 but since you don't need to simplify only use the denominator of 2/16 or only need to multiply 8 and 2.