two friends want to share 9 cookies so each get exactly the same amount. How many cookies do we each get?
To find out how many cookies each person gets, we can divide the total number of cookies by the number of people sharing. In this case, there are two friends sharing 9 cookies.
Let's divide the number of cookies by the number of people:
9 cookies ÷ 2 friends = 4.5 cookies
So, each friend would receive 4.5 cookies. However, since we cannot have half a cookie, we need to adjust the number of cookies to make it fair.
Since we cannot evenly divide 9 cookies among 2 friends, there will always be one friend who gets an extra cookie. Therefore, in this case, one friend would receive 5 cookies, and the other friend would receive 4 cookies.
In summary, if two friends want to share 9 cookies equally, one friend will get 5 cookies, and the other friend will get 4 cookies.