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Marcus has 19 blueberry muffins that he wants to share equally with his two

friends. How many blueberry muffins will Marcus and his two friends receive?

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Answer: 6 and 1/3

Explanation:

Assuming that sweet generous little Marcus here wants some muffins too, he has to share 19 blueberry muffins between 3 people (Marcus + friend 1 + friend 2.)

Most unfortunately, 19 isn't divisible by 3 to create a whole number (ie. a whole muffin).

Therefore you have 2 options:

Option 1:

19/3 = 6.333....

This means that each person will get 6 and 1/3 of a muffin

Option 2:

19/3 = 6 (and 1 remainder)

This means that each person will get 6 muffins each, but there will be a leftover muffin to feed the birds or something.

(I personally prefer option 2, but I think your teacher is looking for option 1.)

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