Question

liliana has 3/5 of a bag of skittles. she wants to split it evenly on 2 desks. what fraction of skittles will be on each desk? 9/10 3/10 10/3 6/5

Explanation:

Step1: Understand the problem

We need to divide the fraction \(\frac{3}{5}\) by 2 to find the fraction of skittles on each desk. Dividing by a number is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal. The reciprocal of 2 is \(\frac{1}{2}\).

Step2: Perform the division

So we calculate \(\frac{3}{5} \div 2=\frac{3}{5} \times \frac{1}{2}\).
When multiplying fractions, we multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. So \(3\times1 = 3\) (numerator) and \(5\times2 = 10\) (denominator).
This gives us \(\frac{3\times1}{5\times2}=\frac{3}{10}\).

Answer:

B. 3/10