CPM Homework Help : MC1 Problem 7-37

If you had $12$ pieces of licorice to share equally among $5$ people, how much licorice would each person get? Be sure to show your thinking clearly.

Hint:

Draw $12$ pieces of licorice and give out as many whole pieces as you can to each person making sure everyone has an equal amount. 5 groups of 2 red lines, numbered from 1 to 5, with 2 red lines, labeled, remaining.

More Help:

Divide each of the remaining pieces of licorice into $5$ pieces.
Can you finish the problem now?
Make sure everyone gets the same number of pieces. Same picture, with the remaining 2 lines, each divided into 5 sections.

5 groups of 2 red lines, numbered from 1 to 5, with 2 red lines, labeled, remaining.

Same picture, with the remaining 2 lines, each divided into 5 sections.