zelk is cooking 1/3 of a bag of rice for a meal. He will give each of his 4 guests the same amount of rice. Zeck is not eating any rice. What is the maximum fraction of the bag of rice Zeck could give each of his four guest?
1/3 divided by 4.
To find the maximum fraction of the bag of rice that Zeck could give each of his four guests, we need to divide the amount of rice Zeck is cooking (1/3 of a bag) by the number of guests he has (4).
So, let's start by calculating the fraction that each guest would receive.
1/3 of a bag ÷ 4 guests
To divide a fraction by a whole number, we can rewrite the whole number as a fraction with a denominator of 1.
1/3 ÷ 4/1
To divide fractions, we can multiply by the reciprocal of the second fraction.
1/3 × 1/4
To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators together and the denominators together.
1 × 1 / 3 × 4
So, Zeck could give each of his four guests a maximum fraction of 1/12 of the bag of rice.