A metal plate containing 3/4 square foot of material is divided into six equal parts. how much material (in square feet) does each part contain?
Divide 3/4 by 6.
To find out how much material each part contains, we need to divide the total amount of material (3/4 square foot) by the number of equal parts (6).
To do this, we perform the following calculation:
(3/4 square foot) ÷ (6 parts)
To simplify the division, we can convert the fraction to decimal form.
3/4 = 0.75
Now, we can perform the division:
0.75 ÷ 6 = 0.125
Therefore, each part contains 0.125 square feet of material.