Question

Mrs. Pate’s class all got A’s on their math test, so she bought chocolate bars as a reward the next day. During the night,however, Mrs. Pate’s cat chewed up five of the bars. She didn’t have time to go to the store to buy more bars. Mrs. Pate put her students into groups of four. She gave each group three chocolate bars and told them they had to find a way to share the three bars equally among four students. Write an equation and draw a model to show how the students could have shred the bars. How much chocolate will each student get?

Answer 1

4 students:3 bars=3/4 bar per person
3/4 bar x 4 students=3 whole bars
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