Question

There was 1/3 of a box of cereal left four brothers shared it evenly write an equation to represent this problem

Answer 1

1/12

Explanation:

It is given that :

Amount of cereal left = 1/3 of a box

Number of people amongst whom the box of cereal is to be divided equally = 4

Therefore, an equation representing this problem is :

`$(1/3)/(4) = x$`

where x = is the amount of the share each brother gets.

Therefore solving the equation, we get :

`$(1/3)/(4) = x$`

`$(1)/(3) * (1)/(4) = x$`

`$(1)/(12)=x$`

So, each brother got 1/12th of the cereal left.