you cut them in five peices
only if you can cut each of the apple in 3 or 6 pieces if you cut in 3 pieces each, each person would have 2 pieces of apple if you cut in 6 pieces each, each person would have 4 pieces of apple
You divide each apple into 3 equal pieces. You will then have 8 x 3 = 24 equal pieces. 24 pieces divided by 6 people = 4 pieces per person
You sure can. Give each child one apple and cut the last into 16 pieces - one for each child.If you don't want to cut the apple then no, you cannot equally divide 17 apples among 16 children.
No.
Since 16 and 17 are relatively prime, i.e. they share no divisors other than 1, the only ways to divide 16 apples equally amongst 17 children is to either cut each apple into 17 pieces and give 16 pieces to each child, or cut a 17th of an apple out of each apple, give the cut apples to 16 of the children and give the 16 pieces to the 17th child.Another way to do it is to make apple sauce. From my wife. Gee, wish I had thought of that. :-)>
Yes give them each 16/17 of an apple.
A counterexample for the division of whole numbers is if we have 6 apples and we try to divide them equally among 4 people. Each person would get 1 apple and there would be 2 apples remaining. In this case, it is not possible to divide the apples equally among 4 people without leaving any remainder.
Cut them into thirds and give everyone two thirds. OR give one person 1 apple then chop the other one in half and share it with your best friend!!
an apple.
Both are equally as important and its always better to eat an apple with the skin on! :)
you have to make apple sauce
Cut every apple in 7 equal pieces making it a total of 21 equal pieces. Then give everyone 3 pieces.