Question

1/2 of a bag of mangoes is to be shared among 6 girls, what fraction of the bag will each girl get?

Answer 1

1/12

Explanation:

1/2 ÷ 6 which is 1/2 × 1/6 so 1/12

Answer 2

1/12

Explanation:

So lets think of it like this:

The thing being distrubuted is 1/2.

Each of the 6 girls gets a piece of 1/2 equally.

So each girl gets 1/6 of the 1/2.

This can be though of as 1/2*1/6

To find the answer to this multipication problem, multiply the numerator by the numerator, and denominator by the denominator:

1*1

=

1

This is your new numerator.

2*6

=

12

This is your new denominator.

So combine the numerator and denominator:

1/12

This is the fraction of the bag each girl get!

Hope this helps!