Question

Mr. Lam gave each student half a sandwhich as a snack. He gave snacks to 9 students. Write a mixed number to represent the number of sandwiches Mr. Lam gave to the students.

Answer 1

9 1/2. i think because you would have nine halves for the student and one half left over

Answer 2

if he gave half a sandwich to each student, then he must have had
\[4\tfrac{1}{2}\] sandwiches to hand out