GL Math Question - 2
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GL Math Question - 2
Pack 2, Paper 5, Q6:
Karen, Amrit and Sam are going to share two pizzas equally between them. What fraction of a whole pizza should each of them have?
a) 1/2
b) 3/4
c) 1/4
d) 1/3
e) 2/3
The answer is apparently D, but how is that possible? If each gets 1/3 of two wholes, then that's equivalent of each getting 2/3 of a single whole. The answers should be E, no?
Karen, Amrit and Sam are going to share two pizzas equally between them. What fraction of a whole pizza should each of them have?
a) 1/2
b) 3/4
c) 1/4
d) 1/3
e) 2/3
The answer is apparently D, but how is that possible? If each gets 1/3 of two wholes, then that's equivalent of each getting 2/3 of a single whole. The answers should be E, no?
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Re: GL Math Question - 2
mumili wrote:Pack 2, Paper 5, Q6:
Karen, Amrit and Sam are going to share two pizzas equally between them. What fraction of a whole pizza should each of them have?
a) 1/2
b) 3/4
c) 1/4
d) 1/3
e) 2/3
The answer is apparently D, but how is that possible? If each gets 1/3 of two wholes, then that's equivalent of each getting 2/3 of a single whole. The answers should be E, no?
I think the answer is D - if the question read " what fraction of the TWO pizzas would they have then it could be E . You can't share a whole pizza fairly between 3 and get 1/3 each
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I agree with mumili, and would have thought the answer was 2/3 each.
2 pizzas divided by 3 people = 2 / 3
You don't even HAVE to give each person 1/3 of each pizza.
Karen could get 2/3 of the first pizza, Amrit could get 2/3 of the second pizza and Sam could get the 2 remaining pieces and it would still be equally divided.
2 pizzas divided by 3 people = 2 / 3
You don't even HAVE to give each person 1/3 of each pizza.
Karen could get 2/3 of the first pizza, Amrit could get 2/3 of the second pizza and Sam could get the 2 remaining pieces and it would still be equally divided.
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DS went with E, and seeing the answer as D he started to justify it, saying that indeed each pizza should be divided into three slices, and each should get a slice from each pizza etc.Surferfish wrote:I agree with mumili, and would have thought the answer was 2/3 each.
2 pizzas divided by 3 people = 2 / 3
You don't even HAVE to give each person 1/3 of each pizza.
Karen could get 2/3 of the first pizza, Amrit could get 2/3 of the second pizza and Sam could get the 2 remaining pieces and it would still be equally divided.
I told him that his initial reasoning was OK and that the question was wrong.
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I don't think it is a very well worded question - suspect they meant it to be a 1/3 of each pizza
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I would say they get a 1/3 of a whole pizza each.
This sort of ‘trap’ in the question is very common in SATs
This sort of ‘trap’ in the question is very common in SATs
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It’s 1/3 because two pizzas split equally is 6 pieces and each gets 2/6 so that is 1/3. If of one whole pizza it’s still 1/3? This is what my ds thinks.
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I remember last year this question was asked and Guess55 said it was poor wording and the answer is 2/3.
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So that means that regardless of the number of pizzas, the answer would always be a third? That doesn't make sense.yoyo123 wrote:I would say they get a 1/3 of a whole pizza each.
This sort of ‘trap’ in the question is very common in SATs
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Re: GL Math Question - 2
It's worded in such a way that it is not clear.
But there are two pizzas and each pizza is going to be shared equally between the three of them.
So Pizza 1 is shared equally (into, for arguments sake, three slices) so they get 1/3rd each.
Pizza 2 is shared equally (into, for arguments sake, three slices) so they get 1/3rd each.
Then the question asks:
"What fraction of a whole pizza should each of them have?"
So the answer is they should have 1/3rd of a whole pizza.....although they will actually end up with 2 x 1/3rds as they have one slice (fraction) from each pizza.
It is a maths question with verbal reasoning involved...
But there are two pizzas and each pizza is going to be shared equally between the three of them.
So Pizza 1 is shared equally (into, for arguments sake, three slices) so they get 1/3rd each.
Pizza 2 is shared equally (into, for arguments sake, three slices) so they get 1/3rd each.
Then the question asks:
"What fraction of a whole pizza should each of them have?"
So the answer is they should have 1/3rd of a whole pizza.....although they will actually end up with 2 x 1/3rds as they have one slice (fraction) from each pizza.
It is a maths question with verbal reasoning involved...