Hi Terry,

I find this question somewhat confusing. I think the second sentence is meant to be read "1 is to receive twice as much as each of the other 3." It could just as easily read as "1 is to receive twice as much as the other 3 in total."I am going to assume the first meaning.

You start with something and you want to split one-third of that thing. To attain the requirement that "1 is to receive twice as much as each of the other 3" you need to split the one-third piece into 5 equal sizes pieces and give 2 pieces to individual 1 and one piece to each of the three others. Each of the five pieces in this second splitting is one-fifth of one-third of the amount you had at the beginning. What is one-fifth of one-third?

Penny