Question

Brice has 1/2 of a gallon of glue. He wants to put an equal amount of the glue into each of 6 containers, using all of the glue. Brice wants to find the fraction of a gallon that will be in each container. Which equation correctly represents Brice’s problem?

A) 6 × 2 = 1/2
B) 6 ÷ 1/2 = 3
C) 1/2 × 6 = 3
D) 1/2 ÷ 6 = 1/12

Answer 1

The answer is D

Since you want to put an equal amount of glue in to 6 containers, the only thing you need to do is to divide 1/2 by 6 and the result is 1/12