Cecilia brought up a pound of shredded newspaper and Juan brought up a pound of shredded newspaper to art class for a paper mache project they combined the shredded newspaper and divided it equally among five people at their table how much shredded newspaper did each person at the table receive

Answer 1

Cecilia and Juan brought a total of 1 pound of shredded newspaper each, which means they brought 2 pounds of shredded newspaper in total (1 pound from Cecilia + 1 pound from Juan).

They divided this total equally among 5 people. To find out how much each person received, you divide the total amount of shredded newspaper by the number of people:

\[ \text{Amount per person} = \frac{\text{Total amount of shredded newspaper}}{\text{Number of people}} = \frac{2 \text{ pounds}}{5} = 0.4 \text{ pounds} \]

So, each person at the table received 0.4 pounds of shredded newspaper.