Question

Virgil has 1/6 of a birthday cake left over. He wants to share the leftover cake with 3 friends. What fraction of the original cake will each of the 4 people receive? Draw a picture to support your response.

Answer 1

Each of the 4 people will get 1/24 of the original cake

Explanation:

The fractional part of cake left out is 1/6

This remaining cake is to be divided among four people.

Thus, each person will get

fractional part of cake left/total number of people

i.e 1/6/4

= 1/24

Each of the 4 people will get 1/24 of the original cake