Question

a group of 4 students are selling candy bars to raise money for a field trip. the group needs to sell 53 candy bars. if each student sells an equal amount, how many candy bars do they get in all? interpret your remainder

Answer 1

You have to divide 53 with 4 students making them each get 13 bars each

Answer 2

Each student is gonna sell 13 candy bars, and there is gonna be 1 bar unsold, because they sold equal amount of candy bars.

Explanation:

If there are 4 students, they need to sell 53 candy bars, and they will sell the same amount each one, we just have to divide:

`(53)/(4) =13.25`, or
`13(1)/(4)`

Because the division is not exact, we have a remainder of 1.

This can be interpreted as 1 candy is not sold, because they are gonna sell equally, so in that case each one would sell 13 candy bars, and one will be unsold.