Question

ryan had 1/2 pound of chocolate .he divides,it into 4 equal portions.Enter the amount of chocolate ,in pounds

Answer 1

To divide 1/2 by 4, you can treat it as (1/2)/(4/1), and to divide fractions you flip the second fraction and multiply, so:

(1/2)*(1/4)=1/8
So each portion of chocolate was 1/8 pounds.

Answer 2

Each portion of the chocolate was 1/8 pounds