Word problem for 1/5 : 10

1/5 of a pizza serving was divided among 10 people. How many slices does each person get?

Hello! When it comes to dividing fractions, you keep the first fraction the same, change division into multiplication, and flip the second fraction over by its reciprocal. Here is a word problem for this problem:

Cordelia has 1/5 of a huge cake to share with 9 of her friends. Including herself, if each person gets an equal amount of cake, what fraction of a whole cake would each person get?

How to solve it:

10 is 10/1 in fraction form. 1 represents the total amount of people. In this case, you would keep 1/5 the same. The problem becomes multiplication. 10/1 becomes 1/10. Now, let's solve. 1/5 * 1/10 is 1/50. There. Each person gets 1/50 of a piece of cake.