Question

1 Jessica took 1/3 pound of pretzels and placed them equally into 3 bowls. How much will be in every bowl?

Answer 1

To solve the exercise, take the number of pretzels and divide it by 3. So,

`\begin{gathered} \text{ Number of pretzels in each bowl}=((1)/(3))/(3) \\ \text{ Number of pretzels in each bowl}=((1)/(3))/((3)/(1)) \\ \text{ Because }3=(3)/(1) \end{gathered}`

Now, to divide fractions you operate like this:

`((a)/(b))/((c)/(d))=(a\cdot d)/(b\cdot c)`

Then, you have

`\begin{gathered} \text{ Number of pretzels in each bowl}=((1)/(3))/((3)/(1)) \\ \text{ Number of pretzels in each bowl}=(1\cdot1)/(3\cdot3) \\ \text{ Number of pretzels in each bowl}=(1)/(9) \end{gathered}`

Therefore, in every bowl will be 1/9 pound of pretzels.