1 12 pound bag of peanuts is shared among 5 friends. How many pounds of peanuts will each person get?

12 / 5 = ?

The answer is: 1/5

To find out how many pounds of peanuts each person will get, we need to divide the total pounds of peanuts by the number of people sharing them. In this case, we have a 12-pound bag of peanuts being shared by 5 friends.

To divide the peanuts equally among the friends, we can perform the division operation: 12 pounds ÷ 5 friends.

Dividing 12 pounds by 5 friends gives us an answer of 2.4 pounds per friend.

Therefore, each person will get approximately 2.4 pounds of peanuts.