9 people share 5 brownies. What fraction does each one get.
If there are more people than brownies, each will get less than a brownie :)
5 brownies / 9 people = (5/9) brownies/person
To find out what fraction of a brownie each person gets when 9 people share 5 brownies, follow these steps:
Step 1: Determine the number of brownie pieces each person gets.
When 9 people share 5 brownies, they divide the brownies into 9 equal parts.
Step 2: Divide the number of brownie pieces by the total number of brownies.
Since there are 5 brownies and each person gets 9 pieces, you can write this as a fraction: 9/5.
Therefore, each person gets 9/5 or 1 and 4/5 (1.8) of a brownie.
To find out what fraction of a brownie each person gets, we can first determine the total number of brownie pieces (fractions) available. Next, we divide that number by the total number of people to find the fraction each person gets.
In this case, there are 9 people sharing 5 brownies, which means we need to divide the brownies into 9 equal parts to distribute them among the people.
To divide the brownies, we can cut each brownie into equal parts. If we cut each brownie into 9 pieces, we will have a total of 45 brownie fractions (5 brownies x 9 pieces per brownie).
Now we can divide the 45 brownie fractions among the 9 people. By dividing each fraction equally, each person would receive 5 brownie fractions (45 fractions รท 9 people).
To represent this as a fraction, we can simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 5.
Therefore, each person would get 5/9 (five-ninths) of a brownie.