Question

Mrs lim baked a cake. She kept 1/5 of it and divided the rest equally among her five children. What fraction of the cake did each child get.

Answer 1

Answer:

let the cake as a whole be x ,

she kept x/5.

cake left to be served 1- x/5 = 5-x/5

therefore each child will get 5-x/5 ÷ 5 = 5-x/25 of the x