mary has 12 more apples than peaches if she divides each fruit in half she will have enough to give 32classmat

Question

a piece of fruit, how many peaches would she have?

Answer 1

32/2 = 16
16-12 = 4
4/2 = 2
2 + 12 = 14
There are 14 apples and 2 peaches.

Answer 2

OK, work backwards here.

At the end you will have 32 pieces of fruit - each being 1/2 a full fruit. So, 32 halves (or 32 * 1/2) = 16, so you have 16 whole pieces of fruit.

Now, if x = nbr of peaches, then x + 12 = nbr of apples, and the total of these together equals the total number of pieces of fruit, so

x (peaches ) + x + 12 (apples) = 16
2x + 12 = 16
2x = 4
x = 2

Therefore, she has x=2 peaches, and x+12=14 apples.

Answer 3

Follow the bouncing ball
Let P = peaches Mary has
Then P+12 = apples Mary has.
"If she divides each fruit in half, she will have enough to give 32 classmates [each] a piece of fruit."
2P+12 /2 = 32
so 2P+12 = 64 and P=26.

Answer 4

Let no. of peaches be x
then no of apples=x+12
after dividing into pieces,
peach=2x
apple=2(x+12)
pieces are distributed to 32 students
so, 2x + 2(x+12)= 32
4x + 24=32
4x=8
x=2
no of peaches=2