Question

The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B. The following information applies to both parts.

Dario purchased a party size sub, and he decides to share it with 3 of his friends. So, he cuts the sub into 4 equal pieces. However, another one of his friends also showed up, and there are now 5 people in total.

Part A
Now that the sub will be shared equally among 5 people, will each person get more or less sub? Briefly state why you think so.

Answer 1

Each person will get less sub because the sub was originally cut into 4 equal pieces for 4 people to share, but now there are 5 people. Therefore, the sub will need to be divided into 5 equal pieces instead of 4, making each piece smaller and each person getting less sub.