Question

Thomas brings over 1/2 of his marble collection. He divides these marbles equally among 3 friends. What fraction of Thomas's entire marble collection did each friend get?

Answer 1

Each of the three friends will get one-sixth of the Thomas's enitre marble collection.

Explanation:

Fraction of the total marble collection brought by Thomas =
`(1)/(2)`

Now, Thomas divides these marbles equally among his three friends. So, each of the three friends will get one-third of the total marble collection brought by Thomas.

Fraction of total marble collection got by each friend =
`(1)/(3) \;of\;fraction\;of\;total\;marble\;collection\;brought\;by\;Thomas`

=
`(1)/(3)*(1)/(2)=(1)/(6)`

∴ Each of the three friends of Thomas will get one-sixth of his entire collection of marbles.