If 12 cookies are shared equally among 4 friends, how many does each friend get?
Answer3
12 divided by 4 is 3, so each friend gets 3 cookies.
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7 fact-checked facts about sharing and fair shares, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices and you eat 2. What fraction did you eat?
Answer1/4
Two slices out of eight is 2/8, which simplifies to 1/4.
Going deeper
What is 25% of 80?
Answer20
25% is one quarter, and 80 divided by 4 is 20.
Which of these fractions is the largest?
Answer5/8
As decimals, 5/8 = 0.625, 3/5 = 0.6, 7/12 ≈ 0.583 and 4/7 ≈ 0.571, so 5/8 is largest.
If a 60-minute game session is shared equally among 4 players, how many minutes does each get?
Answer15
60 minutes divided by 4 players is 15 minutes each.
Expert level
If 25 marbles are shared in the ratio 2:3, how many marbles are in the larger share?
Answer15
A 2:3 ratio makes 5 parts, each worth 25 ÷ 5 = 5 marbles, so the larger share is 3 × 5 = 15.
Which ancient Greek mathematician described a famous method for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers?
AnswerEuclid
Euclid's algorithm, described in his Elements around 300 BC, finds the greatest common divisor used to simplify fractions.
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