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UKMT Junior Mathematical Challenge, 2024

Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Goldilocks eats three equal-sized bowls of porridge, one after the other. When she has eaten $\dfrac{3}{7}$ of the total amount of porridge, what fraction of the porridge in the second bowl has she eaten?

(A) $\dfrac{2}{63}$ (B) $\dfrac{1}{7}$ (C) $\dfrac{1}{3}$ (D) $\dfrac{2}{7}$ (E) $\dfrac{1}{2}$

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