Question

1/6 of a birthday cake is left over from a party. The next day, it is shared among 7 people. How big A piece of the original cake did each person get?

Answer 1

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:    1/42

Explanation:

Draw 6 identical rectangles side by side as shown in figure 1 in the diagram below. Shade one of the rectangles to represent 1/6 of the cake left over.

Now draw in horizontal lines (see figure 2) to split the leftover amount into 7 equal portions. Notice that we have a 7 by 6 grid of tiny rectangles. There are 7*6 = 42 tiny rectangles in total.

Each person will therefore get 1/42 of the original cake when splitting up this last leftover slice.