six friends go to the movies and share equally a 48-ounce bag of pop corn and three 48 inches licorice laces. find the fraction of popcorn and licorice each get
48/6 = 8 ounces
(3 * 48) / 6 = ? inches
To find the fraction of popcorn and licorice each friend gets, we need to divide the total quantity of popcorn and licorice by the number of friends.
Let's start with the popcorn:
Since there are 6 friends and they share equally, each friend will get an equal portion of the 48-ounce bag of popcorn. To find the fraction, we divide 48 by 6:
48 ounces of popcorn ÷ 6 friends = 8 ounces per friend
Therefore, each friend gets 8 ounces of popcorn.
Now let's move on to the licorice:
We have 3 licorice laces to distribute among the 6 friends. To find the fraction, we divide 3 by 6:
3 licorice laces ÷ 6 friends = 0.5 licorice lace per friend
Therefore, each friend gets 0.5 licorice lace.
To summarize, each friend gets:
- 8 ounces of popcorn
- 0.5 licorice lace
We can represent these fractions as:
Popcorn: 8/48 (8 out of 48)
Licorice: 0.5/3 (0.5 out of 3)