Question

One-half of a cake is divided equally among 4 people at a party. What
fraction of the cake

Answer 1

Each person will get 1/8 of the whole cake but 1/4 of half of the cake.

Explanation:

Since the cake is cut in half and then in fourths, you need to multiply 1/4 by 1/2 and get 1/8.

Answer 2

1/8

Explanation:

One half of the cake is four slices, and the entire cake (if it was all there) would be 8 slices. For the four slices to be distributed equally among the four people, each person gets 1 slice. 1 slice out of the 8 total in the cake would be 1/8 of the whole.