Alice has 1/6 of a box of cereal. Alice and her brother want to split the cereal equally. Which expression represents the fraction of the box of cereal that Alice gets?

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Answer:

[tex]\frac{1}{6}\div 2[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that Alice has 1/6 of a box of cereal. Alice and her brother want to split the cereal equally.

Since there are two persons, who wants to divide 1/6 of a box of cereal, so we will divide total amount of cereal by 2 to find amount that each person would get.

[tex]\frac{1}{6}\div 2[/tex]

[tex]\frac{1}{6}\times\frac{1}{2}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{1}{12}[/tex]

Therefore, Alice will get [tex]\frac{1}{12}[/tex] of the cereal and expression [tex]\frac{1}{6}\div 2[/tex] represents this situation.