Brittany picked 5 oranges. She shared them equally between her 7 brothers. What fraction of an orange did each brother receive?

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devlian [24]

3 years ago

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Brittany picked 5 oranges. She shared them equally between her 7 brothers. What fraction of an orange did each brother receive?

A. 1/7 B. 7/5 C. 5/7 D. 1/5

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2 answers:

Daniel [21] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-01T09:48:53+03:00

Daniel [21]3 years ago

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Answer:

C 5/7

Step-by-step explanation:

you have to split the 5 oranges between the 7 brothers, so you would do 5/7

5 split between 7 is the same as 5/7

maks197457 [2] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-01T11:18:23+03:00

maks197457 [2]3 years ago

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Answer:5/7

Step-by-step explanation:

If you take each orange and cut them into 7 pieces then you could pass out one piece of each 1/7 of the oranges to each brother. You would do this 5 times until each brother had 5/7 and all the oranges would be passed out to the brothers.