Three children want to share seven lengths of fruit tape. How much does one person get?

Question

I find it kind of hard may i please get some assistance please 

Answer 1

This would be easier if you had 3 children and 6 pieces of fruit tape. Each child would get 2 pieces.

 

Since you have 7 pieces, you'll have 1 piece left after each child gets 2 each. You take that piece and cut it into 3 pieces. Each of the little pieces is 1/3 of a fruit tape. Each child gets one of the little pieces too. So now each child has 2 1/3 pieces.

 

If this still doesn't make sense, get some paper and make 7 strips, then start dealing them out into 3 piles. Then take the remainder piece, and chop it up evenly and give the pieces out.

 

When you write the problem out as a math statement it is:   7 ÷ 3 = 2  1/3  This is the same as 2 R 1, except we're dividing up the remainder too!