Aparent dies and leaves half of his estate to his four children. THE FIRST ONE GETS 1/2 OF THE ESTte the second gets 1/8 and the thrid one gets 1/4 . how much did the fourth on get?
8/8 - (4/8 + 1/8 + 2/8) = ?
First multiply the fractions so the denometor is the same. 1/2=4/8, 1/8, and 2/8. SO you can see that the first three children have 7/8 of the estate meaning that the last one gets 1/8. Make sense?
To determine how much the fourth child received, we need to add up the fractions given to the first three children and subtract them from the total estate.
The fractions given to the children are:
First child: 1/2 of the estate
Second child: 1/8 of the estate
Third child: 1/4 of the estate
Let's calculate the sum of these fractions:
1/2 + 1/8 + 1/4 = 4/8 + 1/8 + 2/8 = 7/8
This means that the first three children received 7/8 of the estate. To find how much the fourth child received, we subtract 7/8 from 1 (which represents the whole estate):
1 - 7/8 = 8/8 - 7/8 = 1/8
Therefore, the fourth child received 1/8 of the estate.