Mrs. Diaz makes 5 dozen cookies for her class. One-ninth of her 27 students are absent the day she brings the cookies. If she shares equally among the students who are present, how many cookies will each student get?
To find out how many cookies each student will get, we first need to determine the total number of cookies Mrs. Diaz made.
Mrs. Diaz made 5 dozen cookies, and since there are 12 cookies in a dozen, the total number of cookies she made is:
5 dozen * 12 cookies/dozen = 60 cookies
Next, we need to find out how many students are present in class on the day Mrs. Diaz brings the cookies. One-ninth of her 27 students are absent, so the number of students present is:
27 students - (1/9 * 27 students) = 27 students - 3 students = 24 students
Now that we know the total number of cookies (60) and the number of students present (24), we can divide the total number of cookies by the number of students to find out how many cookies each student will get:
60 cookies / 24 students = 2.5 cookies
Since we cannot distribute half a cookie, each student will get 2 cookies.
Therefore, each student will get 2 cookies.
well, 1/9 of 27 = 3
so finish it off