Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #11411: Dividing fractions word problems - wording of question
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-01-17 07:21:25+00:00
State: open
Labels: firefox, win7, wrong-or-unclear

word problem asks how many friends he could "share with". I read this as meaning he and a number of friends would eat equal shares. In this case, there were five shares, the question is "how many friends could he share with" - I think four, because he and the four friends would share it. Your answer is five, implying he does not get to eat any but rather gives it all away to five friends. Wording could be clearer.

[dividing_fractions_word_problems.html?seed=3&problem=candy](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/dividing_fractions_word_problems.html?seed=3&problem=candy&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/dividing_fractions_word_problems.html?seed=3&problem=candy&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%224%5C%22%22%2C12%5D%2C%5B%22correct-activity%22%2C%22%5C%225%5C%22%22%2C4%5D%5D)

["4","5"]

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