Question

Martin is an after school math tutor . He noticed that 6 people still needed help on 2/5 of the tutoring session time was left.Scince each person was given an equal amount of time, martin wrote the expression below to find the fraction or the toutoring session each person who still needed help would be allotted. 2/5 divided by 6 which expression is equivalent to martins expression?

Answer 1

A 6/15 divided by 6 on edge

Answer 2

6/15 ÷ 6

Explanation:

Martin is an after school math tutor

He noticed that 6 people still needed help on 2/5 of the time that was left

Martin wrote the expression

2/5 ÷ 6

This expression can be used to determine the number of persons who still need help

Therefore the expression that is equivalent to Martin's expression is

= 6/15 ÷ 6

Using 3 to divide both 6 and 5 will give

2/5 ÷ 6

Hence the expression which is equivalent to Martin's expression is 6/15 ÷ 6