The teacher gives each pair of students one and fourteen-fifteenths liters to water their plants in the garden. If the pairs of students share the water evenly how much water does each student get
(1 14/15) / 2 = ?
To find out how much water each student gets, we need to divide the total amount of water given to each pair by the number of students in a pair.
In this case, each pair of students is given one and fourteen-fifteenths liters of water. To calculate the amount of water per student, we divide this quantity by two since there are two students in a pair.
To divide one and fourteen-fifteenths liters by two, we need to convert the mixed number to an improper fraction:
1 and fourteen-fifteenths = (15/15 + 14/15) = 29/15
Now we can divide 29/15 by 2:
(29/15) รท 2 = 29/15 * 1/2 = (29/30) liters
Therefore, each student gets twenty-nine thirtieths of a liter of water.