How can you divide six lemons among seven hungry people?

Answer 1

They each get 3/4 of a mango. You divide 6 by 8, or easier, consider 6/8 a fraction and reduce to 3/4. So cut a quarter out of all 6, and give the magoes (minus the quarter segment) to six people, then give 3 of the 1/4 mango chunks to each of the remaining two persons.

Or another way, first divide all the mangoes in half, and give out 8 of the 12 halves. That leaves 4 halves, which you half once again and distribute equally. Again, everyone gets 3/4 of a mango each.

Answer 2

Cut them in half and then half again. There will be 24 identical pieces of mango. Everybody gets 3/4 of a mango.

Answer 3

Divide each lemon into seven pieces - and give six pieces to each of the seven people !

Answer 4

1.6 for each person