Ali divided one fruit cake equally among six persons. What part of the cake did he give to each person?
Given:
Ali divided one fruit cake equally among six persons.
To do:
We have to find the part of the cake he gave to each person.
Solution:
The part of the cake each person gets $=1 \div $ Total number of people
$=\frac{1}{6}$
He gave $\frac{1}{6}$ to each person.
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