Question:
Show 2 ways that four people can share a 6-segment chewy fruit worm.
In each case how many segments does each person get ?
Answer:
a.
b.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
Method 1: Simply divide the number of segments by the number of people.
Method 2:
Start by taking LCM of 4 and 6
This means that you divide the chewy fruit into 12 segments. This is done by cutting each segment in half.
Each person gets:
So, when the fruit is further divided to 12, each person gets 3 segments of the division.