Maximilian had 4/5 bag of trail mix. He divided the trail mix equally among 5 friends. What fraction of the full bag of trail mix did each friend receive?

Verified Answer :

. Given situation:
=> Maximilian had 4/5 of bag of trail mix.
He divided this trail mix to his 5 friends.
Find the fraction that each of his friend will have if he equally divided this to them.
=> Convert to decimal first
4/5 = 0.8 the dividen
5 = the divisor
Let’s start dividing:
=> 0.8 / 5
=> 0.16, now we have the decimal value, let’s convert this to fraction.
=> 0.16 = 16/100 let’s simplify
=> 4/25

4/5 bag of trail mix/ 5 friends
= 4/25 bag of trail mix/ 1 friend.

Each friend received 4/25 bag of trail mix~