Question

Serek has one-sixth kilogramme of safflower seeds and five bird feeders. If he divides the safflower

seeds equally among the five bird feeders, which shows the amount of seeds that will be in the third
feeder?
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Answer 1

Upon dividing one-sixth kilogramme of safflower seeds equally among five bird feeders, each feeder, including the third one, will contain 1/30 kilogramme of safflower seeds.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves dividing a quantity of safflower seeds equally among several containers. If Serek has one-sixth kilogramme of safflower seeds and he wishes to divide this equally among five bird feeders, we need to perform a simple division to find out how much seeds will be in each feeder. To find the amount in each bird feeder, we divide one-sixth kilogramme by five. This can be expressed mathematically as (1/6) ÷ 5, which simplifies to (1/6) × (1/5), since dividing by a number is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal.

To calculate, we multiply the numerators and the denominators separately: 1 × 1 = 1 for the numerators, and 6 × 5 = 30 for the denominators, resulting in the fraction 1/30. Therefore, each bird feeder will contain 1/30 kilogramme of safflower seeds. The third feeder will have the same amount as the others, which is 1/30 kilogramme.