Question

Alice has 1/6 of a box of cereal. Alice and her brother want to split the cereal equally. Which expression represents the fraction of the box of cereal that Alice gets?

Answer 1

$\frac{1}{6} \div 2 = \frac{1}{6} \times \frac{1}{2} = \frac{1}{12}$

Answer 2

Answer:

$\frac{1}{6}\div 2$

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that Alice has 1/6 of a box of cereal. Alice and her brother want to split the cereal equally.

Since there are two persons, who wants to divide 1/6 of a box of cereal, so we will divide total amount of cereal by 2 to find amount that each person would get.

$\frac{1}{6}\div 2$

$\frac{1}{6}\times\frac{1}{2}$

$\frac{1}{12}$

Therefore, Alice will get $\frac{1}{12}$ of the cereal and expression $\frac{1}{6}\div 2$ represents this situation.