Question

Mrs.Salcido cut a small birthday cake into 6 equal pieces for 6 children. One child was not hungry. So she gave the birthday boy the extra piece. How much cake did each of the five children recieved.

Answer 1

Answer: The birthday boy got
`\frac13` of cake and rest each of the 4 children got
`\frac16` of cake.

Explanation:

1 cake is divided into 6 pieces.

1 piece =
`\frac16`

Birthday boy got 2 pieces.

Part of cake he has =
`2*\frac16=\frac26=\frac13` [divide numerator and denominator by 2]

So, birthday boy got
`\frac13` of cake and rest each of the 4 children got
`\frac16` of cake.