Question

Ricky has 3/4 of a bag of Skittles. He wants to split the rest between between his 5 friends. What fraction of the bag will each friend receive? 15/4 3/20 3 and 3/4 1/7

Answer 1

Answer:

• 3/20, with the assumptions below.

Explanation:

The question seems incomplete.

In order to show you the procedure, I make some assumptions.

Assuming that Ricky wants to split the full content of the 3/4 of a bag between his 5 friends, to find what fraction of the bag will each friend receive you must divide 3/4 by 5.

The operation is:

        $\dfrac{3}{4}\div 5$

Convert the whole number 5 into fraction using 1 as denominator:

       $\dfrac{3}{4}\div \dfrac{5}{1}$

Transform the division into multiplication changing the divisor into its reciprocal:

       $\dfrac{3}{4}\times \dfrac{1}{5}$

Multiply numerator with numerator and denominator with denominator:

       $\dfrac{3\times 1}{4\times 5}=\dfrac{3}{20}\leftarrow answer$