Mrs. Wilson, a sixth grade math teacher, is grading papers. When she gets to the question about how 4 brothers can equally split a pizza if the pizza has 16 slices, she notices two students worked the problem different from her answer key.

Student 1 computed the number of slices each brother could have by dividing 16 by 4 like this:

16 : 4 = 4

Student 2 multiplied 16 by like this:

Mrs. Wilson's answer key shows the problem computed as = 4. Which student (s), if either, is/are correct? Explain.

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19 May, 05:04

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Randy Bolton · Answer 1

The first he first student is right because when you divide 16 by 4, all the brothers get the same and equal amount

Maci Sampson · Answer 2

Student 1 Is correct because if you divide 16 by 4 all of the brothers will get a even amount of pizzas.