Question

Jada picked 3/5 of a pound of berries. She divided them evenly among 6 containers. Howmany pounds of berries did Jada put in each container?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed numberpounds

Answer 1

Now Jada picked

`\begin{gathered} (3)/(5)\text{ of 1pound of beries } \\ =(3)/(5)*\text{1pound of beries } \\ =(3)/(5)\text{ pounds of beries } \end{gathered}`

She then divided this equally into 6 containers

This means

`\begin{gathered} (3)/(5)\text{ pounds of beries divided by 6} \\ =(3)/(5)\text{ pounds of beries divided by }(6)/(1) \\ =(3)/(5)\text{ pounds of beries}*(1)/(6) \end{gathered}`

Number of beries in each container becomes

`\begin{gathered} (3)/(5)\text{ pounds of beries}*(1)/(6) \\ (3)/(5)*(1)/(6)\text{ pounds of beries} \\ (3)/(30) \\ =(1)/(10)\text{ pounds of beries } \end{gathered}`

Hence the answer is

`(1)/(10)\text{ }`