Question

Sean won 5/6 pounds of candy corn. He shares it equally among his group of 4. Write and solve a fraction division equation in the Show Your Work section, then put your numeric answer with units in the answer box.

Answer 1

`Fraction = (5)/(24)`

Explanation:

Given

`Candy\ Corn = (5)/(6)\ lb`

`Group= 4`

Required

Determine and solve the fraction for each individual

This question illustrates Mean or Averages;

Mean is calculated as:

`Mean = (\sum x)/(n)`

In this case:

`Mean = (Candy\ Corn)/(Group)`

To get the fraction of each member of the group, we have:

`Fraction = (Candy\ Corn)/(Group)`

`Fraction = (5)/(6)/4`

Solving further:

`Fraction = (5)/(6) * (1)/(4)`

`Fraction = (5)/(24)`