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Jim has 1/3 of a pizza to split between four people. How much of the pizza does each person get?

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Answer:
Each person gets 1/12 of the pizza.

Step-by-step explanation:
Jim needs to split 1/3 of a pizza to four people, or in other words, divide the 1/3 of a pizza into 4 for those people to eat.

(1/3)/4

When you divide with a fraction, it’s the same as multiplying with the reciprocal of the second number (the divisor). The reciprocal is the flip of a fraction.

(1/3)/4
=(1/3)*(1/4)

The reciprocal of 4 would be 1/4 because 4 can also be written as 4/1, which is 1/4 when flipped.

And now we multiply:

(1/3)*(1/4)
=1/12

Therefore, each person gets 1/12 of the pizza.

I hope this helps! Please comment if you have any questions.
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