Question

Olivia baked 16 mini-loaves of banana bread to be sliced for snacks at a craft fair. She will place an equal number of loaves in 3 different locations. What if Olivia wants to put only whole loaves at each location? How many loaves will be at each location?

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of whole loaves at each location = 5 loaves

Step-by-step explanation:

This problem is essentially testing your ability to use simple division within remainders, and the number of whole loaves is calculated as follows:

Numer of loaves of bread = 16

number of locations = 3

next, we will divide the number of loaves by the number of locations since Olivia placed an equal number of loaves in 3 different locations:

$= \frac{16}{3} = 5\frac{1}{3}$

This means that there will be 5 whole loaves and 1 loaf that will be divided equally into the three places.

Therefore, the number of whole loaves at each location = 5 loaves

but remember that there will be a remainder of 1 loaf.