Two children shared 1/5 of a cake. What fraction of the cake will each child get?
1/5 is a fraction
Answers
Step-by-step explanation:
The LCM (lowest common multiple) of 3 and 4 is 12. So convert the fractions to 12th’'s. She gave away 3/12 + 3/12 + 4/12 = 10/12 and is left with 2/12′'s which is equal to 1/6 left over.
Alternately use %.
1/4 is 25% and 1/3 is 33%.
She gave away 25% +25% + 33% which totals 83%. Therefore 100%-83% = 17% left. 100/17 is 5.88. Rounded up, that is 6.
Now imagine 100% being the whole cake. Their would be 6 chunks of roughly 17% each in size. So now imagine 1 of the 6 chunks left. That's the 1/6th left over.
*the LCM is the first number which can be divided by each of the numbers in a list and produce a whole number. Eg the LCM of 3,5 and 6 is 30. So that is 3/30, 5/30 and 6/30.
Answer:
1/10
Step-by-step explanation:
If 2 children shares 1/5 piece of a cake than 2 of them will share half of the 1/5 th cake
1/5×2=1/10