Jo divides a candy bar into eight equal pieces for her children to share. She gives three pieces to Sam, three pieces to Leslie,

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Jo divides a candy bar into eight equal pieces for her children to share. She gives three pieces to Sam, three pieces to Leslie,

and two pieces to Maggie. Rose, the two-month-old baby, doesn’t get any. What fractions show how much candy each of the four children got?

Mathematics

2 answers:

tatuchka [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-06T02:08:55+03:00

Answer:

Sam : 3/8

Leslie : 3/8

Maggie : 2/8

Rose : 0/8 that is 0

Step-by-step explanation:

Jo divides a candy bar into eight equal pieces for her children to share

Total of 8 pieces

She gives three pieces to Sam

Out of 8 pieces he gave 3 pieces to Sam, So fraction is $\frac{3}{8}$

She gives three pieces to Leslie,

Out of 8 pieces he gave 3 pieces to Leslie, So fraction is $\frac{3}{8}$

She gives two pieces to Maggie

Out of 8 pieces he gave 2 pieces to Maggie, So fraction is $\frac{2}{8}$

Rose, the two-month-old baby, doesn’t get any.

So fraction is $\frac{0}{8}$

In-s [12.5K] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-06T00:21:56+03:00

In-s [12.5K]3 years ago

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Well, if you Jo has 8 pieces and gives 3 to Sam and 3 to Leslie, Sam gets 3/8 of the pieces and Leslie gets 3/8 as well. Maggie got 2 pieces, so she got 2/8 and Rose got 0 or 0/8 pieces.