Real World Problems, Multiplying and Dividing with Fractions

Question

James has 5 melons. Two of them are shared among 10 students.

A. What fraction of melons will each student get?

B. The remaining melons are divided into 1/3 each. These are shared equally among the students. How many students do not get a piece of these melons?

C. How much of the melon will each student get in total?

Answer 1

a) 2/10 = 1/5

b) 3 melons remain, split into thirds;

so there are 9 of the 1/3 pieces;

one poor student will not get a piece of

these melons

c) 9 of the students will get 1/5 + 1/3 = 8/15

but only one student will get 1/5

Note that 9 * 8/15 + 1/5 =

72/15 + 1/5 =

72/15 + 3/15 =

75/15 = 5 which is the number of watermelons given