Frank opened 3 boxes of candy. Each box holds 10 pieces of candy. He shared the pieces equally between him and his friend. How many pieces of candy will each person get?
Q. Frank opened 3 boxes of candy. Each box holds 10 pieces of candy. He shared the pieces equally between him and his friend. How many pieces of candy will each person get?
Calculate Total Candy: Find out how many pieces of candy there are in total.Frank opened 3 boxes of candy, and each box contains 10 pieces of candy. To find the total number of pieces, we multiply the number of boxes by the number of pieces per box.Total pieces of candy = Number of boxes × Pieces per boxTotal pieces of candy =3×10Total pieces of candy =30
Divide Candy Equally: Divide the total number of candy pieces between Frank and his friend.Frank is sharing the candy equally with his friend, so we divide the total number of pieces by 2.Pieces per person = Total pieces of candy ÷ Number of peoplePieces per person = 30÷2Pieces per person = 15
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