Mrs. Smith had 1/2 of a pumpkin pie left over. She split the leftover pie evenly between her 3 children. What fraction of pie did each child get?
1/2 * 1/3 = ?
1/2
1/6
1/2
To find out what fraction of pie each child got, we need to divide the total amount of pie left over (1/2) by the number of children (3).
To divide a fraction by a whole number, we can multiply the numerator (top number) of the fraction by the reciprocal of the whole number.
Let's perform the calculation:
1/2 ÷ 3 = (1/2) * (1/3)
To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators together and the denominators together.
1/2 * 1/3 = 1 * 1 / 2 * 3 = 1/6
Therefore, each child received 1/6 of a pie.