QuestionA waitress pours gallon of juice into 5 pitchers. What fraction is in each pitcher? Show with a rectangle and equation.
Studdy Solution
STEP 1
Assumptions1. The total amount of juice is gallon.
. The juice is poured equally into5 pitchers.
3. The rectangle represents1 gallon of juice.
4. We need to find the fraction of a gallon of juice in each pitcher.
STEP 2
First, we need to find out how much juice is in each pitcher. We can do this by dividing the total amount of juice by the number of pitchers.
STEP 3
Now, plug in the given values for the total amount of juice and the number of pitchers to calculate the amount of juice in each pitcher.
STEP 4
Calculate the amount of juice in each pitcher.
Each pitcher contains gallon of juice.
STEP 5
Now, let's represent the problem using a rectangle. The rectangle represents1 gallon. Draw lines to represent gallon first. Then divide that into5 equal parts.
The equation to show the solution isThe two ways in which you need to show the answer to the problem are1. By calculating the amount of juice in each pitcher, which is gallon.
2. By representing the problem using a rectangle and writing an equation to show the solution.
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