Question

six people share 3/5 pound of peanuts equally. what fraction of a pound of peanuts does each person receive?

Answer 1

It would be 1/10. Because you divide 3/5 ,which gives you .6. Then divide .6/6 and you'll get .1 which turns into a fraction of 1/10

Answer 2

the amount of peanuts given was 3/5th of a pound of peanuts.
there are 6 people amongst which this amount should be divided equally.
therefore given amount should be divided by 6 so that each person gets an equal share
amount present -
`(3)/(5)` of a pound
divide by 6

`(3)/(5) * (1)/(6)`
then numerators are multiplied by numerators and denominators multiplied by denominators

`(3*1)/(5*6) = (3)/(30)`
the fraction can be further simplified by dividing both numerator and denominator by common number which is 3

`(3/3)/(30/3)` =
`(1)/(10)`
therefore fraction that each person receives is 1/10th of a pound