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Adam has 1/2 quart of milk. If he pours the same amount if milk into 3 glasses. How many quart(s) of milk will each glass have?

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1/6 because 1/2 divided by 3 would be 1/2 times 1/3 and that would be 1/6
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Answer:

The amount of quart(s) of milk will each glass have is:

1/6 quarts.

Explanation:

It is given that:

Adam has 1/2 quart of milk. If he pours the same amount of milk into 3 glasses.

This means that the amount of milk in each glass is:

Ratio of the total amount of milk present to the number of glasses.

i.e. the amount of milk in each glass is:


=((1)/(2))/(3)\\\\=(1)/(6)

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