tim,kara and ann are working together to write a 4page report each student are going to do an equal amount of writing. what fraction of entire report does each student need to write
Theres three people. So each person needs to do one third (1/3) of the report.
The report is 4 pages long. So now calculate how much 1/3 of 4 is
= 1/3 * 4
= 4/3
= 1 1/3 pages
So each person needs to do one and a third pages.
And if you think about it it makes sense. three people EACH doing one page (1 +1 +1 = 3 pages) and a third of a page (1/3 + 1/3 +1/3 = 1 page) = 4 pages (3 pages + 1 page)
Do 4/3 because there is 4 pages and you get 1.3, 1.3 is how much each person does and 1.3 is 1/3 of 4 so each person has to do a page and a third or 1/3 of the report