Sue R.

asked • 09/09/15

there are 8 students in a group and 3/4 cake. how much cake will each student get if divided evenly

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Timothy M. answered • 09/09/15

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Hello,
 
Since there are 8 students, each student gets 1/8 of the available cake. Since there is 3/4 of a cake available, they will get 1/8 of 3/4.
 
Mathematically, we can find this by multiplying 1/8 and 3/4. To do that, we multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. This gives us (1*3)/(8*4) = 3/32 of the cake.
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Aiyanna M.

Thank you! That problem really got me stuck and I didn't understand because of the 3/4 because I just kept thinking " How could I split 3/4 with an even number of kids?" so thank you for the help
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