7 friends shared 4 pounds of apples equally. How many pounds does each person get?

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asked Nov 24, 2021 88.6k views

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Logify · Answer 1 · 2021-11-26T11:43:04+0000

Answer:

1 3/4

Explanation:

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To start, we see that they're sharing 4 pounds of apples between 7 people.

That's 7 ÷ 4.

7 ÷ 4 = 1
(3)/(4) .

Thus, the number of pounds each person gets is
$\boxed{1 (3)/(4)}$ .