SOLUTION: Molly is wrapping up parts of sandwiches to sell at her sandwich cart. She cuts each sandwich in fourths and then wraps each fourth separately. She days that she wrapped 16 fourths
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Question 822322: Molly is wrapping up parts of sandwiches to sell at her sandwich cart. She cuts each sandwich in fourths and then wraps each fourth separately. She days that she wrapped 16 fourths, so she wrapped 16 whole sandwiches. What was Molly's mistake. Answer by brysca(112) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If Molly says that she wrapped 16 fourths this can also be expressed as a fraction as follows:
When this fraction is simplified, this equals 16 divided by 4, which gives an answer of 4.
So, if Molly says she wrapped 16 fourths she is basically saying she wrapped 4 sandwiches. Not 16.
Molly's mistake is that she did not divide her numerator by 4.
