Question

A family of six equally share 3/5 pound of peanuts. What fraction of a pound of peanuts does each person receive? Show your work

Answer 1

Explanation:

the amount of peanuts given was 3/5th of a pound of peanuts.

there are 6 people amongst which this amount should be divided equally.

therefore given amount should be divided by 6 so that each person gets an equal share

amount present - of a pound

divide by 6

then numerators are multiplied by numerators and denominators multiplied by denominators

the fraction can be further simplified by dividing both numerator and denominator by common number which is 3

=

therefore fraction that each person receives is 1/10th of a pound