Albert baked 3 apple pies for Thanksgiving dinner. There were 16 people over at the house, including Albert. Each person ate the same amount of apple pie, and all of the pie was eaten.
How much pie did each person eat?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
of a pie
To find out how much pie each person ate, we first need to determine the total amount of pie Albert baked and then divide that by the number of people.
1. Total Pies Baked: Albert baked 3 apple pies.
2. Total People: There were 16 people in total.
Next, we need to divide the total pies by the number of people:
[
text{Amount of pie each person ate} = frac{text{Total Pies}}{text{Total People}} = frac{3}{16}
]
Therefore, each person ate (frac{3}{16}) of a pie.
So the final answer is:
Each person ate (frac{3}{16}) of a pie.