Question

Dayle and his two brothers each eat 5/12 (five-twelfths) of a chocolate bar. How much chocolate bar did they eat altogether? Solve, show your work, and record your answer on a piece of scratch paper. *

Answer 1

N = 5/4 = 1.25

Altogether they eat 1.25 chocolate bar

Explanation:

Dayle and his two brothers each eat 5/12 (five-twelfths) of a chocolate bar;

Three of them ate = 5/12 chocolate bar each

Total for the 3 of them N;

N = 3 × 5/12 = 15/12

N = 5/4 = 1.25

Altogether they eat 1.25 chocolate bar