Grandma

1
Grandma The Cookies

• An Allocation Problem

2
Grandma baked cookies

• She wanted to send them home to us fairly
• There were 3 children in my family
• And 2 children in my cousins family

3
How do you divide up the cookies?
4
How do we divide the cookie?
40 COOKIES
3 children
2 children
5
WEIGHTED AVERAGE
6
Cookies Per Cousin

• 40 cookies
• 5 cousins
• 8 cookies per cousin

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WEIGHTED AVERAGE