Question

Amanda has a piece of ribbon that is 1/4 had long. She wants to share the ribbon with 2 friends so that they can each wear a ribbon for breast cancer awareness month. If each of the 3 friends gets the same amount, how much ribbon will each person get?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\displaystyle \frac{1}{12}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Multiply both denominatour and numeratour by 3 to determine this:

$\displaystyle \frac{3}{12} = \frac{1}{4}[1\:(or\:\frac{3}{3})] \\ \\ \boxed{\frac{1}{4}} = \frac{3}{12}$

Therefore, each person will obtain ¹⁄₁₂ of the ribbon.

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Answer 2

Answer:  1/12

Explanation:

Draw a rectangle. Then draw three vertical lines inside to split the rectangle into 4 equal pieces. Shade one of the pieces to represent 1/4.

Now draw 2 horizontal lines to split that 1/4 piece into three equal smaller pieces. You should end up with a 3 by 4 grid of small squares.  There are 3*4 = 12 small squares total.

Each person gets 1/12 of a unit of ribbon, when we started off with 1/4 of a unit of ribbon. Notice how 3*(1/12) = 3/12 = 1/4.

Refer to the diagram below.