Question

Larry had 3⁄7 of a strawberry-rhubarb pie left over. He split the leftover pie evenly between his 3 children. What fraction of a pie did each child get?

Answer 1

1/7

Explanation:

The left over fraction is divided among the three children as follows

Given

Left over as 3/7

Number of children 3

Quantity each gets will be 3/7÷3

3/7÷3=3/7*1/3=3/21

By simplyfying the fractions, 3/21 when both the numerator and denominator are divided by 3 we obtain that 3/21=1/7

Therefore, each child geta 1/7