Leonard made 1/4 of a gallon of lemonade and poured all of it into 3 glasses, divided equally. How much lemonade is in each glass? Write a division problem and draw a visual model.
1/4 * 1/3 = 1/12
makes sense, since 1/4 = 3/12, so each glass gets 1/12
To find out how much lemonade is in each glass, we can divide the 1/4 gallon of lemonade equally among the 3 glasses.
Division problem: 1/4 gallon ÷ 3 glasses
To draw a visual model, we can represent the 1/4 gallon as a rectangle and divide it equally into 3 parts, one for each glass:
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Then, we can label each part as 1/12 gallon, which represents the equal share of lemonade in each glass:
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Therefore, each glass contains 1/12 gallon of lemonade.
To find out how much lemonade is in each glass, we will divide the 1/4 gallon of lemonade by the 3 glasses.
To write the division problem, we will convert 1/4 gallon into a fraction with a common denominator. Since there are 4 quarts in a gallon, we can express 1/4 gallon as 1/4 x 4/4 = 4/16 gallon.
Now we can write the division problem:
4/16 ÷ 3 = ?
Next, let's draw a visual model to help us understand the problem better. We will use a rectangle to represent the 4/16 gallon of lemonade and divide it into 3 equal parts, each representing a glass.
[ 4/16 gallon divided into 3 equal parts ]
Each part represents the amount of lemonade in each glass. The visual model helps us see that the three glasses contain equal amounts of lemonade, making it easier to solve the division problem.