Question

4 classmates were asked to decorate 1/5 of the bulletin board in a classroom. they divided the section to be decorated among the 4 student. What fraction of the entire bulletin board did each classmate decorate

Answer 1

Data:
Fraction of the chalkboard = $\frac{1}{5}$
classmate = 4
Fraction that each classmate decorated = ?

Solving:

$\frac{1}{5}\div4 \to \frac{ \frac{1}{5} }{4} = \frac{1}{5}* \frac{1}{4} = \boxed{\boxed{\frac{1}{20}}} \end{array}}\qquad\quad\checkmark$

Fraction that each classmate decorated = $\frac{1}{20}$