Question

Kaley cuts half of a loaf of bread into 4 equal parts. What fraction of the whole loaf does each of the 4 parts represent?

Answer 1

For this case we have that the bread stick represents 1 unit.

Then half of a loaf of bread will be given by:

`\frac {1} {2}`

If that half is cut into 4 equal parts we have:

`\frac {\frac {1} {2}} {4} = \frac {1} {8}`

Thus, each part represents
`\frac {1} {8}` of the whole bread

Answer:

`\frac {1} {8}`