If 3/4
of a pie is split evenly amongst 6 people, how big of a slice does each person get?
Responses
Each person would get 1/8 of the pie.
To find out how big of a slice each person gets, we need to divide 3/4 of the pie by the number of people, which is 6.
Step 1: Convert 3/4 into decimal form.
To do this, divide the numerator (3) by the denominator (4):
3 ÷ 4 = 0.75
Step 2: Divide 0.75 by 6 to find the size of each person's slice.
0.75 ÷ 6 = 0.125
Therefore, each person will get a slice that is 0.125 (or 1/8) of the pie.
To find out how big of a slice each person gets, you need to divide the portion of the pie that is split amongst the people by the number of people.
First, let's determine the fraction of the pie that each person receives. Since 3/4 of the pie is split among 6 people, we need to divide 3/4 by 6.
To divide a fraction by a whole number, you can multiply the numerator (top number) of the fraction by the reciprocal of the denominator (bottom number). In this case, the reciprocal of 6 is 1/6.
So, you would multiply 3/4 by 1/6:
(3/4) * (1/6)
To multiply fractions, you multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. Thus, the result would be:
(3 * 1) / (4 * 6) = 3/24
Now, we simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 3:
(3/3) / (24/3) = 1/8
Therefore, each person would get a slice that is 1/8 of the pie.