Taylor cut the cake into 8 equal size pieces and 6 people ate all of the pieces. Explain how they could have divided the pieces so that everyone ate the same amount of the cake.

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Ernest Green

Mathematics

2 January, 07:20

Taylor cut the cake into 8 equal size pieces and 6 people ate all of the pieces. Explain how they could have divided the pieces so that everyone ate the same amount of the cake.

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Kayley Clayton · Answer 1

Number of pieces into which the cake has been cut = 8

Number of people that ate all the pieces = 6

Let us assume the division in which the cake has been divided for everyone to have an equal amount = x

Then

6x = 8

x = 8/6

= 4/3

= 1 1/3

So it can seen that the cake has been divided in such a way that each part of the cake was 1 1/3. I hope the procedure is clear enough for you to understand.