Question

Wendy divided 3/8 of a package of pencils among 3 people including herself. What fraction of the whole package of pencils will each person receive.

Answer 1

Each person will get
`(1)/(8)` of the whole package of pencils.

Explanation:

Since we know that 3/8 of the package was divided among 3 people we just have to divide 3/8 by 3 in order to find out what fraction of the whole package of pencils each person will receive. And so we get...

`(3)/(8)` ÷ 3 =
`(1)/(8)`

Therefore, each person will get 1/8 of the whole package of pencils.