Question

Jonathan abd his two friends want to share 2 1/2 pounds of gum balls. If they share the gum balls evenly, how manypounds of gum balls will they each of them get?

Answer 1

Answer:

Jonathan and each of his two friends would get $\frac{5}{6}\ pounds$ of gum balls.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total Amount of gum balls = $2\frac{1}{2}\ pounds$

$2\frac{1}{2}\ pounds$ can be Rewritten as $\frac{5}{2}\ pounds$

Amount of gum balls = $\frac{5}{2}\ pounds$

Number of people gumballs has to be divided = 3

We need to find how many pounds of gum balls will they each of them get.

Solution:

Now we can say that;

Amount of gum balls each would get is equal to Total Amount of gum balls divided by Number of people.

framing in equation form we get;

Amount of gum balls each would get= $\frac{\frac{5}{2}}{3}=\frac{5}{2}\times\frac{1}{3}= \frac{5}{6}\ pounds$

Hence Jonathan and each of his two friends would get $\frac{5}{6}\ pounds$ of gum balls.

Answer 2

Answer:

5/6 pounds of gum balls

Step-by-step explanation:

You have to divide 2 1/2 and 3. It states, "Jonathan AND his two friends." Meaning him and 2 = 3. You could convert 2 1/2 to 5/2 and 3 to 3/1. To make this easier, you can do, 5/2 x 1/3. Flipping the second fraction in a division problem and multiplying can give you the same answer as dividing it. Only it will be easier. So when you Multiply you will get 5/6 pounds.

That can no longer be simplified.