Question

There are 8 cupcakes on the plate. Five children will share them equally. How many cupcake will each child receive?

Represent this scenario three ways:
Write the expression in words:
Write expression:
Write as a fraction:

Answer 1

Total number of cupcakes on the plate = 8

Number of cupcakes shared by 5 children = 8

Now, we have to write the expression which described the number of cupcake each child will receive.

So, Expression in words is:

Eight cupcakes divided by five number of children represents the number of cupcake received by each child.

Expression :

Let 'm' be the number of cupcake received by each child.

m =
`8 / 5`

Fraction Representation:

Amount of cupcake received by each child =
`(8)/(5)`.