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Mrs.Salcido cut a small birthday cake into 6 equal pieces for 6 children. One child was not hungry. So she gave the birthday boy the extra piece. How much cake did each of the five children recieved.

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Answer: The birthday boy got [tex]\dfrac13[/tex] of cake and rest each of the 4 children got [tex]\dfrac16[/tex] of cake.

Step-by-step explanation:

1 cake is divided into 6 pieces.

1 piece = [tex]\dfrac16[/tex]

Birthday boy got 2 pieces.

Part of cake he has = [tex]2\times\dfrac16=\dfrac26=\dfrac13[/tex]   [divide numerator and denominator by 2]

So, birthday boy got [tex]\dfrac13[/tex] of cake and rest each of the 4 children got [tex]\dfrac16[/tex] of cake.

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