Question

A group of friends are splitting a 40 pound bag of rice evenly if there are 6 roommates in all how many pounds of rice should each person get answer as a fraction

Answer 1

`\[6(2)/(3)\]`

Explanation:

Weight of the rice bag = 40 pounds

Total number of roommates among whom the rice bag is split = 6

So the share of each person is given by
`\[(40)/(6)\]`

=
`\[(20)/(3)\]`

=
`\[6(2)/(3)\]`

So each of the roommates will get
`\[6(2)/(3)\]` pounds of rice.

Verification:

Multiplying this value by 6:

`\[(20)/(3) * 6\]`

= 40

Answer 2

6 2/3 pounds per roommate

Explanation:

When you have a number of food, 40, and people, 6, it's telling you to divide both numbers.

40 / 6 = 6 2/3 pounds.

Therefore, each roommate gets 6 2/3 pounds of rice per roommate.

Best of Luck to you!