Question

There are 5 soft pretzels shared equally between 8 people. What fraction of a soft pretzel does each person receive?

1. five eighths pretzel
2. one fifth pretzel
3. one eighth pretzel
4. eight fifths pretzel

Answer 1

Answer:5/8

Explanation:

You take the 5 pretzels and divide it by 8

Answer 2

Answer: 5/8 or "five eighths" (choice 1)

You just divide the number of pretzels (5) over the number of people (8) to get 5/8. We don't reduce as 5 and 8 don't have any factors in common, other than 1 I mean.