The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B. The following information applies to both parts.
Dario purchased a 1-foot long piece of gum, and he decides to share it with 3 of his friends. So, he cuts the piece of gum into 4 equal pieces. However, another one of his friends also showed up, and there are now 5 people in total.
Part A
Now that the gum will be shared equally among 5 people, will each person get more or less gum? Briefly state why you think so.
Part B
Dario decides to take each one of the 4 pieces and share it equally among the 5 of them. First, he divides one piece into 5 equal parts and shares it, then the next one, and so on.
What fraction of the 1-foot long piece of gum did each person get after all the parts were shared out? Briefly explain your reasoning.
If 4 pieces of gum are each divided into 5 parts, that will mean there will be 20 smaller parts (5*4=20).
Each person will get one part of each piece of gum. If there are 4 pieces of gum originally, this means each person gets 4 small pieces of gum
If each person gets 4 small pieces of gum and there are 20 small pieces altogether, that makes the fraction 4/20
Since 4 and 20 are both divisible by 4, that makes the simplified answer 1/5.
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For part A the answer is To share the 1/4 piece of gum equally with 5 people, we need to divide it into 5 equal parts.
1/4 รท 5 = 0.05
Therefore, each person will get 0.05 feet of gum.
Idk part B tho
For part B, we need to find the total amount of gum each person will get if they all share their gum equally. Since there are 25 people and each person has 1/8 feet of gum, we can multiply 25 by 1/8:
25 x 1/8 = 3.125
Therefore, each person will have a total of 3.125 feet of gum if they share equally.