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 f…

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Kzryzstof · Answer 1 · 2022-07-03T22:32:16+0000

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.