Carlos has 3 candy bars. each candy bar is cut into 12 pieces. he wants to share with 8 friends and have some for himself. how much will each person get. please help been working on this for an hour
(3 * 12) / 9 = ?
PEMDAS
(Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, [add,subtract which ever comes first]).
(3•12)/9=
1st. (3•12) =36
2nd. Now, 36/9=
4
To find out how many pieces each person will get, you'll need to divide the total number of pieces by the number of people.
Carlos has 3 candy bars, and each candy bar is cut into 12 pieces. So, he has a total of 3 x 12 = 36 pieces of candy.
Carlos wants to share this candy with 8 friends, which means there will be a total of 8 + 1 (for Carlos himself) = 9 people.
To find the number of pieces each person will get, divide the total number of pieces (36) by the number of people (9):
36 pieces ÷ 9 people = 4 pieces per person.
Therefore, each person will get 4 pieces of candy.