Question

A parent died and left an estate to four children. One inherited 1/3, the second 1/3, the third 1/6. How much did the fourth inherit?

Answer 1

Alright so in this problem your going to want to figure out what 1/3+1/3= ............

Answer 2

Sorry I ment figure that out ans make it into 6ths then ad one 6th

Answer 3

and*

Answer 4

would the answer be 1/2

Answer 5

Add 1/3+1/3=2/3
2/3=x/6

Answer 6

3x/12

Answer 7

Good, so what is your answer?

Answer 8

This is how I thought of it:

There are four children, so there are four fractions. Because one child is inheriting 1/6 of the estate all the other fractions must be expanded to suit this smaller fraction.

2/6 + 2/6 + 1/6 = 5/6. This is the known fraction of inheritance for the estate.

6/6 - 5/6 = 1/6.

The forth child inherited one sixth of the estate

Answer 9

I got it :) Thank you

Answer 10

No problem!