Question

You have 1/2 pound of flour. You split up the flour into 3 bags so each bag weighs the same. Which of these statements is NOT true?

A. Each bag has 1/3 of the flour.
B.1/2 pound is 3 times as heavy as each bag of flour.
C.Each bag has 1/3 pound of flour.
D.Each bag has 1/6 pound of flour.

Answer 1

Given:
1/2 pound of flour
split the flour into 3 bags of equal weight.

1/2 ÷ 3

In dividing fractions, you must remember to get the reciprocal of the 2nd fraction and multiply it to the 1st fraction.

3 is the 2nd fraction. Its reciprocal is 1/3

1/2 * 1/3 = 1/6 pound of flour.

The False statement is:
C. Each bag has 1/3 pound of flour.