Jamal found 1/3 gallon of milk in the kitchen. He poured it into 5 equal size cups. What fraction of a gallon of milk is in each cup?
1/3 of 5
3 x 5 = 15
1/15
1/15
hi , the correct answer is 1/15 because she took the 1/3 and divided each piece in 5th and when u count the total amount of piece is is 15 . one piece is 1/15
Well, if Jamal poured 1/3 gallon of milk into 5 cups, each cup would have 1/15 of a gallon. So, those cups are pretty thirsty for milk! Maybe they need a bigger serving next time! 🥛😄
To find the fraction of a gallon of milk in each cup, you need to divide the total amount of milk (1/3 gallon) by the number of cups (5).
So, you can calculate it like this:
1/3 gallon ÷ 5 cups
To divide a fraction by a whole number, you can multiply the fraction by the reciprocal of the whole number. The reciprocal of 5 is 1/5.
So, you can rewrite the division as a multiplication:
1/3 gallon × 1/5
To multiply fractions, you simply multiply the numerators together and the denominators together.
1 × 1 = 1
3 × 5 = 15
Therefore, each cup contains 1/15 of a gallon of milk.