Dawson had 1⁄4 pound of candy. He split the candy evenly into 3 bowls.
How many pounds of candy did he put in each bowl?
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1 point
12 pounds
1/4 pound
3/4 pound
1/12 pound
1/12 pound
What is the value of this expression?
1⁄6 ÷ 24
To find out how many pounds of candy Dawson put in each bowl, we need to divide the 1/4 pound of candy equally among the 3 bowls.
To divide a fraction by a whole number, we can multiply the fraction by the reciprocal of the whole number.
Reciprocal of 3 is 1/3.
Therefore, 1/4 pound × 1/3 = 1/12 pound.
So, Dawson put 1/12 pound of candy in each bowl.
To find out how many pounds of candy are in each bowl, we need to divide the total amount of candy (1/4 pound) by the number of bowls (3).
To do this, we can use division. Let's take 1/4 pound and divide it by 3:
1/4 ÷ 3
To divide fractions, we can multiply the numerator (top number) by the reciprocal of the denominator (bottom number). The reciprocal of 3 is 1/3, so we can rewrite the equation as:
1/4 * 1/3
Multiplying fractions is done by multiplying the numerators together and denominators together. In this case, it would be:
(1 * 1) / (4 * 3)
Which simplifies to:
1/12
So, Dawson put 1/12 pound of candy in each bowl.
The answer is: 1/12 pound.