Dario has 1 foot of gum. It is cut into 4 equal pieces, or quarters. Dario wants to share these 4 pieces equally among himself and 4 friends (5 people in total).

Question

Write and solve the equation for sharing the 1/4 piece of gum equally with 5 people.

Answer 1

To share the 1/4 piece of gum equally with 5 people, we need to divide it into 5 equal parts.

1/4 ÷ 5 = 0.05

Therefore, each person will get 0.05 feet of gum.