Two children want to share 7 1/3 brownies so that each child gets the same amount How much will each child get

Question

This is fourth grade homework that won’t go through my brain right 

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Answer 1

What you want is half of 7⅓. The easiest way is to convert the number to an improper fraction. 7 wholes is 21 thirds, written 21/3, and we add another third: 22/3. Now it’s easy to halve this, because we divide 22 by 2 to get 11, so we end up with 11/3. Now we convert this to a mixed number: 3 goes into 11 3 times with a remainder of 2. So we have whole number 3 plus remainder 2, which means we have ⅔ to add to the whole, making 3⅔ brownies each.