Question

A student has 5 ninths gallons of popcorn to give away. He wants to split it evenly between his 4 friends. How much popcorn does each friend receive?

20 over 9 gallons
1 gallon
5 over 13 gallons
5 over 36 gallons

Answer 1

Answer is the last one, 5 over 36 gallons

Step by step

We know 5/9 gallons of popcorn
We know we will divide by 4/1

So 5/9 divided by 4/1

When we divide fractions we flip the divisor and multiply across

5/9 x 1/4 = 5/36 or 5 over 36 gallons

Problem solved