Talia wants to give away 6 bundles of rosemary from her herb garden. If she has 1/2 pound of rosemary, how much will each bundle weigh?
(1/2) pound / 6
multiply top and bottom of the fraction by 1/6
(1/12) pound / 1 = 1/12 pound
Talia wants to give away 6 bundles of rosemary from her herb garden. If she has 1/2 pound of rosemary, how much will each bundle weigh? *
To determine how much each bundle will weigh, we need to divide the total weight of rosemary by the number of bundles.
Given that Talia has 1/2 pound of rosemary and wants to distribute it into 6 bundles, we can calculate the weight of each bundle as follows:
Weight of each bundle = Total weight of rosemary / Number of bundles
Weight of each bundle = 1/2 pound / 6
To simplify the calculation, we can convert 1/2 pound to a decimal:
Weight of each bundle = 0.5 pound / 6
Dividing 0.5 pound by 6:
Weight of each bundle ≈ 0.0833 pound
Therefore, each bundle of rosemary will weigh approximately 0.0833 pounds.
To find out the weight of each bundle, we need to divide the total weight of rosemary (1/2 pound) by the number of bundles (6).
To divide fractions, we can multiply the numerator (top number) of the first fraction by the denominator (bottom number) of the second fraction, and the denominator of the first fraction by the numerator of the second fraction. Then, we simplify the resulting fraction if needed.
Let's calculate it:
(1/2) / 6 = (1/2) * (1/6)
Multiplying the numerators, we get:
1 * 1 = 1
Multiplying the denominators, we get:
2 * 6 = 12
So, the resulting fraction is 1/12.
Therefore, each bundle of rosemary will weigh 1/12 pound.