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There is 13 gallons of water in a 3-gallon container. What fraction of the container is filled? 1. Write a multiplication equation and a division equation to represent the situation. Use "?" to represent the unknown quantity. Do not use parentheses in either of the equations.

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There is 1/3 gallons of water in a 3-gallon container. What fraction of the container is filled? 1. Write a multiplication equation and a division equation to represent the situation. Use "?" to represent the unknown quantity. Do not use parentheses in either of the equations.

Answer:

1 /9

Explanation:

Capacity of container = 3 gallons

Amount of gallons in container = 1/3 gallon.

Fraction of water in container:

Division equation :

Amount of gallon in container / capacity of container

1 /3 รท 3 = 1/ 9

Multiplication equation :

1/3 of 1 gallon

Capacity of container = 3 gallons

1/ 3 * inverse of 3

1/3 * 1/3 = 1/9

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