Question

How do 8 students share 5 square pieces of cake equally?

Answer 1

there are 40 slices of cake.

Answer 2

you can cut those 5 squares in half to make 10, and give them equally to the students. but you will have 2 pieces left so you would cut both pieces into four pieces making 8 and give them to the students. so each student will get half a square and 1 small chunk out of the other half chunk.