James had a large bag of raisins and he ate 3/4 of it over the weekend. On Monday, he decided to share the remaining raisins with 2 friends so that each of the 3 of them gets a fair share. What portion of the whole bag of raisins did each of his friends get?

Question

James had a large bag of raisins and he ate 3/4 of it over the weekend. On Monday, he decided to share the remaining raisins with 2 friends so that each of the 3 of them gets a fair share. What portion of the whole bag of raisins did each of his friends get?

Answer 1

Each of James' friends would get 1/12 of the whole bag of raisins.

Since James ate 3/4 of the bag, there was 1/4 remaining for him and his 2 friends to share.

1/4 can be divided among 3 people, so each person gets 1/12 of the whole bag.