Question

Jo divides a candy bar into eight equal pieces for her children to share. She gives three pieces to Sam, three pieces to Leslie, and two pieces to Maggie. Rose, the two-month-old baby, doesn’t get any. What fractions show how much candy each of the four children got?

Answer 1

Well, if you Jo has 8 pieces and gives 3 to Sam and 3 to Leslie, Sam gets 3/8 of the pieces and Leslie gets 3/8 as well. Maggie got 2 pieces, so she got 2/8 and Rose got 0 or 0/8 pieces.

Answer 2

Sam : 3/8

Leslie : 3/8

Maggie : 2/8

Rose : 0/8 that is 0

Explanation:

Jo divides a candy bar into eight equal pieces for her children to share

Total of 8 pieces

She gives three pieces to Sam

Out of 8 pieces he gave 3 pieces to Sam, So fraction is
`(3)/(8)`

She gives three pieces to Leslie,

Out of 8 pieces he gave 3 pieces to Leslie, So fraction is
`(3)/(8)`

She gives two pieces to Maggie

Out of 8 pieces he gave 2 pieces to Maggie, So fraction is
`(2)/(8)`

Rose, the two-month-old baby, doesn’t get any.

So fraction is
`(0)/(8)`