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9 friends share 3 pumpkin pies equally. What fraction of a pumpkin pie does each friend get?

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3 pumpkin pies/ 9 friends= 1/3 pumpkin pie/friend.

Each friend gets 1/3 pumpkin pie~
User Jude Maranga
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If there are 3 whole pumpkin pies and there are 9 people, everyone would get 1/3 of the pie, reason: if the pie is divided into 3 pieces, 3 pieces make up 1, 3 of those make up 9
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