Jon cut his brownie into twelfths and ate 10/12 of it .Lane cut his brownie into sixths what fraction of the brownie does lane need to eat to eat the same amount as jon?

Answer 1

Hi Jimmy,

Thinking about this problem, we are trying to find how many 6ths are equal to 10 12ths, or 10/12=?/6. Looking at the denominators of 12 and 6 we can ask ourselves, what do we need to do to 12 to get 6. We need to divide by 2. So we need to divide both the numerator and denominator by 2, 10 divided by 2 is 5 and 12 divided by 2 is 6. Lane needs to eat 5/6 of the brownie to eat the same as Jon. Our answer is 5/6 brownie.

Answer 2

Jon cut his brownie into twelfths and ate 10/12 of it .Lane cut his brownie into sixths what fraction of the brownie does lane need to eat to eat the same amount as jon?

Since we know that Lane cut his brownie into 6th, you want to find an equivalent fraction that has a denominator of 6. To do this, figure out what you have to divide 12 by to get an answer of 6, and divide 10 by that same number.

Answer 3

10/12 is how many sixths? ?/6

to go from 12 to 6 in denominator you divide by 2.

must do the same to the numerator to keep the fraction the same value, so numerator is 10/2 = 5

so fraction is 5/6.