In Part A, you calculated how to share 1/4 piece of gum among 5 people. Now, use this information to help you calculate how much gum each person would get if Dario shares all 4
1/4
pieces of gum (the whole foot of gum).
If one person gets 1/20 of a whole foot of gum (from Part A), then each person would get:
1/20 + 1/20 + 1/20 + 1/20 + 1/20 = 5/20 or 1/4 of a whole foot of gum.
Therefore, if Dario shares all 4 1/4 pieces of gum, each person would get 1/4 of a whole foot of gum.
how would you get 1/5 though
I apologize for my mistake in the previous response. I misunderstood the question.
If we have to share 4 1/4 pieces of gum among 5 people, each person would get:
(4 x 1/4) ÷ 5 = 1/5
Therefore, each person would get 1/5 of a whole foot of gum if Dario shares all 4 1/4 pieces of gum.
is this correct
Yes, that is correct. Each person would get 1/5 of a whole foot of gum if Dario shares all 4 1/4 pieces of gum.
Dario has 1 foot of gum. It is cut into 4 equal pieces, or quarters. Dario wants to share these 4 pieces equally among himself and 4 friends (5 people in total).
Write and solve the equation for sharing the
1
4
piece of gum equally with 5 people.
To share the 1/4 piece of gum equally with 5 people, we can use the division operator:
1/4 ÷ 5 = 1/20
This means each person would get 1/20 of the entire foot of gum.