Question

Mrs. Cook wants to give each of her 24 students the same amount of candy. If each package of candy has 36 pieces in it, how many packages of candy should she buy so that there will be none left over?

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Answer 1

Ok so if you multiply 36 by any of these answers, its asking you which product will distribute evenly into 24

Answer 2

36 x a = 72

Answer 3

whats a

Answer 4

does 72 distribute evenly into 24? yup

Answer 5

A is letter choice a

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Letter choice a is 2. 36 x 2 = 72

72 / 24 = 3

Answer 8

So each student will get 3 pieces of candy

Answer 9

understand?

Answer 10

I don't know how to find numbers from letters and no

Answer 11

Ok

Answer 12

The question is asking: There are 24 students. You want to buy them candy. Each bag of candy has 36 pieces in it. How many bags do you need, so that each student gets the same amount, and there are no candy left over?

Answer 13

If you buy 2 bags of candy, you have 72 pieces of candy

Answer 14

Can 72 pieces be evenly disributed between 24 people?

Answer 15

ya

Answer 16

good. So two bags of candy is your answer

Answer 17

because 2 bags has 72 pieces, and 72 pieces is evenly distributed into 24 groups

Answer 18

Mrs. Cook is bright enough to know that she'd best not cut up the candy in one bag, so that each of the 24 students would receive the same amount as every other student. So, 1 bag is not going to be enough.

Mrs. Cook experiments. She decides to buy 2 bags and then see whether she can give each of the 24 students the same amount of candy without cutting up the candy.
What happens if she starts with 2 bags of candy, each of which has 36 pieces in it? Wouldn't that come to 72 whole pieces?

Could she now give each student the same number of whole piences of candy? Yes or no. Back up your answer with calculations, please.

Answer 19

@roguehampster2073: nice job of teaching!

Answer 20

ya

Answer 21

:)

Answer 22

thanks bud