Question

You make a large bowl of salad to share with your friends. Your brother eats 1/3 of it before they come over. You want to divide the leftover salad among 6 friends.

Answer 1

Answer:

$\frac{1}{9}$ of the salad.

Step-by-step explanation:

You make a large bowl of salad to share with your friends.

Your brother eats  $\frac{1}{3}$ of it.

Now the leftover salad = 1 -  $\frac{1}{3}$

                                      =  $\frac{3-1}{3}$

                                      =  $\frac{2}{3}$

You want to divide the leftover salad among 6 friends.

$\frac{2}{3}$ ÷ 6

=  $\frac{2}{3}$ ×  $\frac{1}{6}$

=  $\frac{2}{18}$

=  $\frac{1}{9}$

Each friend gets  $\frac{1}{9}$ of the salad.

Answer 2

You would have 2/3 left so 2/3 ÷ 6 and that would turn into 2/3 × 6/1 and that would turn into 2/3 × 1/6 which would equal 2/18 which would simplify 1/9