Question

Mr. Wilson bought a bag of birdseed and put half of it in his bird feeder. He split the other half equally among his 4 pet birds. How much of the bag did each pet bird get?

Answer 1

each pet bird got 1/8 of the bag of birdseed

Explanation:

the easiest way to do this is to divide the bag into eighths. if you divide the bag into eighths, 4/8 of the bag, being half, goes into the bird feeder. the other 4/8 of the bag is divided among Mr. Wilson's four pet birds, leaving each bird to get 1/4 of the bag when split evenly.

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