Question

5/6 of a cheesecake is being divided between ten coworkers. What fraction of the whole cheesecake will each person get?

Answer 1

1/12 of a cheesecake.

Explanation:

This problem is a division problem; 5/6 of a cheesecake between 10 people. So, we can write out the division statement.

5/6 ÷ 10

This is the same as

5/6 · 1/10

Multiply the numerators, then the denominator.

5 · 1 = 5

6 · 10 = 60

5/60 = 1/12

So that means each coworker gets 1/12 of the 5/6 cheesecake.