You have #2/4# of a pizza and you want to share it equally between #2# people. How much of the pizza does each person get?

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seol
Sep 23, 2017

#2/8=1/4#

Explanation:

You have #2/4# of a pizza. This is going to be shared equally between 2 people. Let's call them person A and person B.

Person A gets the same amount as person B. So,
#A=B=(2/4)\div2#

How to divide fractions? When you divide fractions by whole numbers, just multiply by the reciprocal. That means to turn the fraction upside down:
#2/4xx1/2# (This is because #2=2/1#)

Now multiply, #2/4xx1/2=2/8#
or #1/4#.

Both person A and person B get #1/4# of the pizza.

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