Question

Jill had 3 full pans of brownies. She gave 5/8 of one pan to her brother. She splits the rest of the brownies between herself and three friends. How many brownies does each friend receive?

Answer 1

The only quantity identified is "pans".

So let's follow the equation through, and learn how many pans each friend receives.

Explanation:

3 pans - 5/8 = 2 3/8 pans = 19/8 pans.

Herself and three friends is 4 people.

Each friend then receives one quarter of the remaining 19/8 pans.

Fractional multiplication is done left to right,

19/8 x 1/4 = 19/32 pans.

Each friend then receives 19/32 of a pan, or

0.59375 pans of brownies.