Six friends share 5 meat pies. Each friend first eats half of a meat pie. How much more meat pie does each friend need to eat to finish all the meat pies and share them equally?
each friends' share is 5/6 of a pie
after eating a half ... 5/6 - 1/2 = ?
To solve this question, let's break it down step by step.
Step 1: Calculate the total amount of meat pies the friends have eaten so far. Since each friend eats half a meat pie, and there are 6 friends, we can calculate the total as follows:
Total meat pies eaten = (Half meat pie * Number of friends) = (1/2 * 6) = 3 meat pies.
Step 2: Determine how many meat pies are left. Since there were originally 5 meat pies and the friends have eaten 3, we can calculate the remaining number of meat pies as follows:
Remaining meat pies = Total meat pies - Meat pies eaten = 5 - 3 = 2 meat pies.
Step 3: Calculate the amount of meat pie each friend needs to eat to finish all the pies and share them equally. Divide the number of remaining meat pies by the number of friends (since they want to share equally), as follows:
Amount of meat pie each friend needs to eat = Remaining meat pies / Number of friends = 2 / 6 = 1/3 of a meat pie.
Therefore, each friend needs to eat an additional 1/3 of a meat pie to finish all the meat pies and share them equally.