Fractions

[Kiera]

I know this may sound stupid to you, but I am useless in fractions.

My daughter has a fraction problem and I could not solve it.

To share 4 cakes between 6 people

How do you work out the above answer?

Is there a website that I could go on and learn fractions?
Thank you

[maggie2708]

share the cake (divide the cake)
between 6 people 4 dive by 6 is 0.6
to work out the fraction you use the last number from tenths
so the fraction is
6 3
10 or 5
probabally doesn't help

[Gef]

Sorry maggie but your answer is wrong.

4/6 = 2/3 so each person gets two thirds of a cake.

ie, cut each cake into 3 equal parts and give 2 pieces to each person.

[Thicko2006]

If it's got coconut in, then count me out. Just share it between the other five. But thanks, anyway.

[redcrx]

4 cakes for 6 people.

just put 4 over the 6 = 4/6

if they want a simple answer then see if you can divide it down a bit ie divide number at top and bottom by 2 to make 2/3

4/6 = 2/3 = 8/12 = 16/24 they are all the same number but the simple answer is 2/3 (you can see this because 4 cakes for 6 people is same as 2 cakes for 3 people)

[Kiera]

Hi

Thanks everyone.

I showed the replies to my daughter and she understands it now.

She said thank you.

[Whickerman]

Who's eating my cakes? Did you ask first? NO. Now step away from my cakes, and get your own.

[rattlesnake]

you have to divide 4 cakes in 6 people so 4 will be numerator and 6 will be denominator i.e 4/6
now 4/6 is 2/3
so divide each cake in three equal parts and give two to each Media URL: http://math.tutorvista.com/number-system/fractions.html
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[rattlesnake]

To divide 4 cakes in 6 people so 4 will be in numerator and 6 in denominator.
so fraction is 4/6 i.e 2/3
so divide each cake in three equal parts and give two to each Media URL: http://math.tutorvista.com/number-system/fractions.html
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