Question

Mackenzie, Oliver, and Diego sat on their grandmother's porch shelling peas for dinner. There were 2 big bowls of peas, and each person shelled an equal amount.

How many bowls of peas did each person shell?

Answer 1

Each person shelled an equal part of the two bowls of peas, which mathematically would be approximately 0.67 bowls per person, but realistically they would have each shelled an equal portion of the combined peas from both bowls.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks about dividing two bowls of peas equally among Mackenzie, Oliver, and Diego who sat on their grandmother's porch shelling peas. To determine the number of bowls each person shelled, we can divide the total number of bowls by the number of people. There are 2 bowls and 3 people, so we perform the division 2 ÷ 3 which gives us approximately 0.67 bowls per person.

However, since you cannot have a fraction of a physical bowl, they would have likely divided the peas within the bowls, each shelling an equal portion from both bowls. This means each person would not shell whole bowls, but rather they would each end up with the same amount of peas from the combined content of both bowls.