Solution:
Given:
[tex]\begin{gathered} Cookies\text{ to share}=5 \\ Friends\text{ to share}=4 \end{gathered}[/tex]To share the cookies equally, we divide the number of cookies by the number of friends.
Hence,
[tex]\begin{gathered} Each\text{ friend will receive}=\frac{5}{4}\text{ cookies} \\ =1\frac{1}{4}cookies \\ =1.25cookies \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, each friend will receive 1.25 cookies
