Question

Demont made one fourth pound of rock candy.He will separate the candy into four stacks.If he puts an equal amount of candy in each sack,what fraction of a pound of candy will be in each sack.

Answer 1

1/16

Explanation:

Demont made one fourth (
`(1)/(4)`) pound of rock candy

He separates the candy into four sacks equally.

This is done by dividing the total fraction of candy of a pound of candy made by the number of sacks

The fraction of a pound of candy that will be in each sack therefore is:

`(1)/(4)/ 4= (1)/(4)X(1)/(4)=(1)/(16)`

Therefore, One-Sixteenth of a pound of candy will be in each of the sack.