Question

daryl has 1/4 of a pound of chocolate he wants to divide it into 2 equal parts for his siblings how much will each sibling get

Answer 1

To divide the 1/4 of a pound into two equal parts, it is necessary to divide 1/4 by 2, as follow:

(1/4)/2

if 2 is written as 2/1, the previous quotient can be written as a product:

(1/4) (1/2) = 1/8

Now, to write a general expression that takes into account the number of siblings, you name the number of siblings as x. Thus, you have:

(1/4)/(x) = 1/(4x)