Question

Mrs.Sims cuts a melon into fifths. She gave one piece to her 4 children. she used equal amounts of the leftover melon to make 3 fruit cups. what did she use to make each fruit cup? (please help me today. I am really desperate and under a lot of striss so PLEASE help me.)

Answer 1

the whole melon = 5/5

ONE piece went to four children, so

how much of the melon the children got = 1/5

5/5 - 1/5 = 4/5

With 4/5 of the melon, she made 3 fruit cups

4/5 / 3 = 4/5 x 1/3 = 4/15

so she put 4/15 of the melon in the fruit cups