Brice has 1/2 of a gallon of glue. He wants to put an equal amount of the glue into each of 6 containers, using all of the glue. Brice wants to find the fraction of a gallon that will be in each container. Which equation correctly represents Brice's problem?

A) 6 * 2 = 1/2

B) 6 : 1/2 = 3

C) 1/2 * 6 = 3

D) 1/2 : 6 = 1/12

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Gracelyn Craig

7 February, 09:57

Brice has 1/2 of a gallon of glue. He wants to put an equal amount of the glue into each of 6 containers, using all of the glue. Brice wants to find the fraction of a gallon that will be in each container. Which equation correctly represents Brice's problem?

A) 6 * 2 = 1/2

B) 6 : 1/2 = 3

C) 1/2 * 6 = 3

D) 1/2 : 6 = 1/12

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Darien Sherman · Answer 1

The answer is D

Since you want to put an equal amount of glue in to 6 containers, the only thing you need to do is to divide 1/2 by 6 and the result is 1/12