Question

In Part A, you calculated how to share 1/4 piece of gum among 5 people. Now, use this information to help you calculate how much gum each person would get if Dario shares all 4 1\4 pieces of gum (the whole foot of gum).

Answer 1

If we know that 1/4 piece of gum can be shared among 5 people, then we can find out how much gum each person would get if all 4 1/4 pieces of gum are shared.

To do this, we need to first calculate how many 1/4 pieces are in 4 1/4 pieces of gum:

4 1/4 = 17/4

So, there are 17/4 pieces of gum in total.

Next, we can calculate how many 1/4 pieces each person would get if the gum is shared equally among 5 people:

(17/4) ÷ 5 = 17/20

Therefore, if Dario shares all 4 1/4 pieces of gum equally among 5 people, each person would get 17/20 piece of gum.