Question

6 friends share 5 meat pies each friend first eats half of a meat pie how much more meat pies does each friend need to eat to finish all the meat pies and share them equally draw a quick picture to solve

Answer 1

6 friends share 5 meat pies...
each friend eats half a pie.....6 * 1/2 = 6/2 = 3 pies eaten
so now there r 2 pies left
2/6 = 1/3.....so each friend has to eat 1/3 of a pie

Answer 2

First, write the number of meat pies in the form of a fraction with the denominator of 2 to separate it into halves.
5/1 = 10/2
There are 10 halves.
If 6 people each eat 1 half, this can be shown by 10/2 - 6/2, which equals 4/2.
So there are 4 halves remaining.
If the friends want to share them equally, they'll need to each eat less than a half. This is because there are 6 people and only 2 meat pies left.
To find how much each person can eat, divide the number of meat pies by the number of people.
2 / 6 = 0.33, or 1/3.
So each person can eat 1/3 of the remaining meat pies to share it equally.