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Westkost [7]
3 years ago
6

Virgil has 1/6 of a birthday cake left over. He wants to share the leftover cake with 3 friends. What fraction of the original c

ake will each of the 4 people receive?
Mathematics
2 answers:
adelina 88 [10]3 years ago
7 0

Each of the 4 people will receive a fraction \frac{1}{24}.

  • Initial left over of a cake = \frac{1}{6}
  • Number of person to share the cake = 4
<h2>Further Explanation</h2>

To determine what fraction each person would have to complete the following steps:

<h3><u>Step 1: </u></h3>

We will divide the initial left over of the cake (\frac{1}{6}) by the number of person to share the cake (4) i.e. \frac{1}{6} ÷ 4

<h3><u>Step 2: </u></h3>

Since we are dividing a fraction (\frac{1}{6}) by a whole number (4), we would need to convert the whole number to a fraction. Hence, 4 becomes \frac{4}{1}

Therefore, we have \frac{1}{6} ÷ \frac{4}{1}

<h3><u>Step 3: </u></h3>

To derive final answer it is important we convert the division sign (÷) to multiplication (x), and also exchange the places of the numerator and denominator of the second fraction (\frac{4}{1}) i.e. (÷) become (x); (\frac{4}{1}) becomes (\frac{1}{4}).

Therefore we have \frac{1}{6} x \frac{1}{4}

<h3><u>Step 4: </u></h3>

We multiply the numerators of both fractions together, and also do the same to the denominators.

Therefore we have (1 x 1) / (6 x 4) = \frac{1}{24}

<u>Step 1 to 4 joined together: </u>

= \frac{1}{6} ÷ 4

= \frac{1}{6} ÷ \frac{4}{1}

= \frac{1}{6} x \frac{1}{4}

= (1 x 1) / (6 x 4)

= (1) / (24)

= \frac{1}{24}

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  • 1/6 of a birthday cake
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FromTheMoon [43]3 years ago
3 0
Virgil has 1/6 of the original cake, which he wants to divide into 4 parts. Thus:
1/6 / 4
= 1/6 x 1/4
= 1/24

Each person will receive 1/24 of the original cake.
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