Question

If 8 large bagels are shared equally among 3 people, how many bagels does each person get? Explain.

Answer 1

To find out how many bagels each person gets when 8 large bagels are shared equally among 3 people, you can divide the total number of bagels by the number of people.

This can be calculated as:

\[
\text{Bagels per person} = \frac{\text{Total bagels}}{\text{Number of people}} = \frac{8}{3}
\]

Performing the division:

\[
8 \div 3 = 2.6667
\]

This result means that each person gets 2 whole bagels, and there is a remainder. To express this in a more manageable form, we can convert it into a fraction:

\[
\frac{8}{3} = 2 \frac{2}{3}
\]

This indicates that each person receives 2 whole bagels, and each person shares an additional \( \frac{2}{3} \) of a bagel from the remainder.

In summary, each person gets **2 bagels and \( \frac{2}{3} \) of a bagel**, or approximately **2.67 bagels** if expressed as a decimal.