THERE IS 1/2 A PAN OF BROWNIES LEFT. FOUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO SHARE IT EQUALLY. WHAT FRACTION OF THE WHOLE PAN OF BROWNIES WILL EACH CHILD GET?
1/2÷4=
OR 1/2×1/4=
WHAT AM I DOING WRONG ?
Let's try it both ways.
(1/2) / 4 = (1/2) * (1/4) = 1/8
Ohh -- they are the same!
Each child gets 1/8 of the pan.
Thank you so much I've been doing this one over and over. Thought that was it just wanted to make sure I was doing it right . THANKS AGAIN!
You're very welcome.
I did I correctly 😀
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To determine what fraction of the whole pan of brownies each child will get, you are dividing 1/2 (the remaining brownies) by 4 (the number of children).
1/2 ÷ 4 is calculated as follows:
When you divide fractions, you multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. So, the reciprocal of 4 is 1/4.
Therefore, 1/2 ÷ 4 can be rewritten as 1/2 × 1/4.
When you multiply fractions, you multiply the numerators (top numbers) together to get the new numerator and multiply the denominators (bottom numbers) together to get the new denominator.
So, 1/2 × 1/4 would be calculated as (1 × 1) / (2 × 4) = 1/8.
Therefore, each child will get 1/8 of the whole pan of brownies.