6During sharing time, Billy excitedly explains how he has started seeing division everywhere in his life! He says, “last night my dad and I split a pizza. The pizza had 8 pieces, and we each got half, which was 4 pieces each. This shows that 8 divided by ½ is 4.” Sally jumps in saying, “but you can fit way more halves into 8 than just 4 of them. If you have 8 inches of ribbon, you can cut it into 16 pieces that are ½ an inch long. So 8 divided by ½ is 16.” Billy pulls out his calculator, puts in 8[latex]\div[/latex]1[latex]\div[/latex]2 and gets an answer of 4. Sally pulls out her calculator, puts in 8[latex]\div[/latex](1[latex]\div[/latex]2), and gets an answer of 16. Now the class splits into two camps and starts debating. Is 8 divided by ½ equal to 4 or 16? Do you know which answer is correct?
