Question

4 boys share 3 granola bars equally. How much does each boy get?

Answer 1

Hint: In this problem, 4 boys share 3 granola bars equally, we have to find out how much each boy gets. This type of question is so simple, when you observe what is happening. We are trying to share 3 bars between 4 boys, so we need to divide 3 by 4. We will get a fraction form, which we can add 4 times to check for the number of granola bars.

Complete step by step answer:
We know that 4 boys share 3 granola bars equally.
We have to find out how much each boy gets.
Here, we are trying to share out 3 bars between 4 boys, so we need to divide 3 by 4, we get
\[\Rightarrow \dfrac{3}{4}\]
Now, we can check for the right answer.
We can just add 4 times the above fraction, we get
\[\Rightarrow \dfrac{3}{4}+\dfrac{3}{4}+\dfrac{3}{4}+\dfrac{3}{4}=3\]
Here, we can see that if we add the above four fractions, which is equally divided, we can give it to three boys.

Therefore, each boy will get “three-quarters” of the bar.

Note: Students make mistakes while finding the fraction part which should be concentrated. We should know that sharing 3 between 4 is nothing but 3 divided by 4, which is the fraction here. We can also convert in mixed fraction if possible. To check for the right answers, add the answer to the number to be shared which should be equal to the number of boys.