Question

Mrs.Salcido cut a small birthday cake into 6 equal pieces for 6 children. One child was not hungry. So she gave the birthday boy the extra piece. How much cake did each of the five children recieved.

Answer 1

Answer: The birthday boy got $\dfrac13$ of cake and rest each of the 4 children got $\dfrac16$ of cake.

Step-by-step explanation:

1 cake is divided into 6 pieces.

1 piece = $\dfrac16$

Birthday boy got 2 pieces.

Part of cake he has = $2\times\dfrac16=\dfrac26=\dfrac13$   [divide numerator and denominator by 2]

So, birthday boy got $\dfrac13$ of cake and rest each of the 4 children got $\dfrac16$ of cake.