Kelly has 3/4 of a pie left. She wants to split the pie with 3 of her friends. How much of the pie will each person get?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-26T07:56:02

Each person will get $3/16$

There are 4 people altogether - Kelly and her 3 friends.

Decide on the operation first. If she had 12 sweets to share among 4 people, each would get $12 div 4 = 3$

We do exactly the same in this question.

Share $3/4$ between 4 people.

$3/4 div 4" write as " 3/4 div 4/1$

To divide by a fraction, multiply by its reciprocal

$3/4 xx 1/4$

= $3/16$

Each person will get $3/16$