Critique reasoning Molly is wrapping parts of sandwiches to sell at her sandwich cart . She cuts each sandwich in fourths and then wraps each fourth separately. She says that she wrapped 16 fourths, so she wrapped 16 hole sandwiches. What was Molly's mistake?

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Critique reasoning Molly is wrapping parts of sandwiches to sell at her sandwich cart . She cuts each sandwich in fourths and then wraps each fourth separately. She says that she wrapped 16 fourths, so she wrapped 16 hole sandwiches. What was Molly&#039;s mistake?

Kaeden Lara · Accepted Answer

Assuming Molly has done as she said, and has cut each sandwich into fourths, and has in fact wrapped 16 fourths separately:She has then wrapped       16    4    =  4 whole sandwiches, not   16

Frances Pham · Accepted Answer

It depends on your definition of sandwich.If a sandwich consists of two pieces of bread with something in between them, then cutting a sandwich into four parts creates four smaller sandwiches.With this definition, Molly is correct.If cutting a sandwich into parts does not create multiple sandwiches (you may need to come up with a term for what these are), then Molly is wrong.

Molly is wrapping parts of sandwiches to sell at her sandwich cart . She cuts each sandwich in fourths and then wraps each fourth separately. She says that she wrapped 16 fourths, so she wrapped 16 hole sandwiches. What was Molly's mistake?

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