Question

Gisselle has 1/2 of a candy bar. She role off 1/2 of what she had. She then took the piece she broke off and split it into three equal pieces. What fraction of a candy bar was each piece?

Answer 1

`(1)/(12)`

Explanation:

Given:

Gisselle has 1/2 of a candy bar.

She role off 1/2 of what she had and split it into three equal pieces.

Question asked:

What fraction of a candy bar was each piece?

Solution:

Gisselle has =
`(1)/(2) \ of \ a \ candy \ bar`

She role off =
`(1)/(2) \ of \ what\ she \ had`

`=(1)/(2) \ of\ (1)/(2)\\=(1)/(2) * (1)/(2)\\\\=(1)/(4)`

As she split it into three equal pieces, we will divided it by 3, we get,

`(1)/(4) /3\\(1)/(4)*(1)/(3)`

`(1)/(12)`

Therefore, fraction of a candy bar of each piece is
`(1)/(12)`