Mr. McDonald gave his math class the following problem. 18 pizzas need to be split among 12 families. How any pizzas does each f

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Mr. McDonald gave his math class the following problem. 18 pizzas need to be split among 12 families. How any pizzas does each f

amily get? Different people in the class gave different answers. Which one is correct?
18\12 9\6 1\2 3\2 9\4 1 1\2
1 3\6 1 1\3
They are all fractions

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sveta [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-30T11:46:53+03:00

sveta [45]2 years ago

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The answer is 1 and 1/2

RUDIKE [14] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-30T10:21:59+03:00

None of those choices is correct, because a bare naked fraction without units is not a satisfactory answer. Keeping the units makes this question easy to answer, and the answer needs units.

The question is asking for a unit rate. That always means DIVIDE.

(18 pizzas) / (12 families)

= ( 18/12 ) (pizza/family) = 1.5 pizza/family .