Answer: 1/4 pounds
Step-by-step explanation:
Full question is:
Landon and Colin bought a 1/2 pound of peanuts. They are sharing the nuts equally. How many pounds of peanuts will each person get?
There are 2 people here - London and Colin - and they are to share 1/2 pounds of nuts equally amongst themselves.
They should therefore divide the nuts in 2:
= Amount of nuts / Number of people
= 1/2 ÷ 2
= 1/2 * 1/2
= 1/4 pounds
Note: When dividing a fraction, multiply the inverse of the divisor.
