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After Esayas's birthday party, 3/4 of a pizza remained. Esayas wants to share the pizza with 5 of his friends. What part of the pizza will Esayas and each of his friends recieve?

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Esaya wants to DIVIDE the remaining 3/4 into 6 pieces ...
(one piece for himself and each friend).

So each person will get 3/4 ÷ 6 of a pizza.

To divide, you invert the divisor and then multiply:

3/4 · 1/6 = 3/24 or 1/8 of a pizza.
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