18 people want to share 8 candy bars. How much will they each get?

Question

18 people want to share 8 candy bars. How much will they each get?

Answer 1

You want to divide 8 candy bars among 18 people:

 

8/18 = 4/9 = 0.444...

 

 

Each person will get 4/9th of a candy bar.  This could be done by dividing each candy bar into 9 pieces to get 8*9 = 72 pieces.  Then each person will get 4 pieces each.  4*18 = 72.