12 children want to share 5 pies so they each have the same amount

Question

How much pie should each child get

Answer 1

It is tempting for some math students learning division to always want to divide the larger number by the smaller.  But you need to think to yourself, "what am I breaking up into pieces?".   Whatever you are breaking into pieces goes FIRST in the division problem.  In this case you want to break the 5 pies up into 12 even pieces, so it would be 5 divided by 12.  This can be represented as a fraction as 5/12 or a decimal as .42 (rounded)