Maurice has 4/5

Question

of a bag of popcorn left to share with his 2 brothers. If each of the three brothers will get the same amount, how much of the bag will each person get?(1 point)

Answer 1

To find out how much popcorn each person will get, you can divide the amount of popcorn by the number of people sharing it.

Maurice has \( \frac{4}{5} \) of a bag of popcorn and there are 3 brothers (Maurice and his 2 brothers) sharing it.

To find the amount each person gets, you divide \( \frac{4}{5} \) by 3:

\[ \text{Amount per person} = \frac{4/5}{3} = \frac{4}{5} \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{4 \times 1}{5 \times 3} = \frac{4}{15} \]

So, each person will get \( \frac{4}{15} \) of the bag of popcorn.