Question

Ian has 14 boxes of paper and divides them evenly between 4 coworkers.how many whole boxes did each coworker get?

Answer 1

I believe each coworker got 3 boxes.

If you divide 14 by 4, you get 3.5. But, since the question is how many WHOLE boxes, they would have gotten 3 whole boxes.

Answer 2

we know that
Ian has
`14` boxes of paper
and
divides them evenly between
`4` coworkers

so
divide
`14` boxes of paper by
`4` coworkers

`(14)/(4) =3.5 \\ =3 (1)/(2)` boxes


`3.5=(3+0.5)`

the whole number is equal to
`3`

hence

the answer is

`3` boxes