Oscar picked 12 apples. He gave 1/3 of the apples to Gil and 1/3 of the apples to Becky. How many apples did each of them?
1/3 * 12/1 = 12/3 = 4
To find out how many apples Oscar gave to Gil and Becky, we need to calculate 1/3 of the total number of apples Oscar picked.
1/3 of 12 apples is calculated by multiplying 12 by 1/3:
12 * 1/3 = 12/3 = 4 apples.
So, Oscar gave 4 apples to both Gil and Becky.
To find out how many apples Oscar gave to Gil and Becky, we need to divide the total number of apples Oscar picked (12) by the number of parts that we're dividing it into (3).
First, let's find out how many apples Oscar gave to Gil. We divide 12 by 3 since the apples are divided into 3 equal parts:
12 / 3 = 4
So Oscar gave 4 apples to Gil.
Next, let's find out how many apples Oscar gave to Becky. Again, we divide 12 by 3:
12 / 3 = 4
Oscar also gave 4 apples to Becky.
Therefore, Gil and Becky each received 4 apples.