Question

A lottery has a grand prize of 25and 1/2 million dollars. There are 5 people who have winning tickets and they share this prize equally. How many millions of dollars does each person get? Express the answer as a mixed number.

Answer 1

5 1/10 million dollars

Explanation:

25and 1/2 million dollars = 25 1/2 million dollars

= (25*2) + 1 / 2

= 50+1/2

= 51/2

Total prize = 51/2 million dollars

Number of people with winning ticket = 5

How many millions of dollars does each person get?

Amount of prize each person get = Total prize / Number of people with winning ticket

= 51 / 2 ÷ 5

= 51/2 × 1/5

= (51 * 1) / (2 * 5)

= 51/10

= 5 1/10 million dollars

Amount of prize each person get = 5 1/10 million dollars