5th grade math question.
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The Boy has a question on his home work that I can't seem to wrap my head around. So I will pose it to the best minds on the world wide web.
Write a word problem for 4 divided by 1/3.
Yup that's it. Sounds easy but we can't seem to word a question that makes sense and that equals 12.
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4 ÷ 1/3 = 12
The Boy corrected me on that and now I'm lost too
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The Boy has a question on his home work that I can't seem to wrap my head around. So I will pose it to the best minds on the world wide web.
Write a word problem for 4 divided by 1/3.
Yup that's it. Sounds easy but we can't seem to word a question that makes sense and that equals 12. Simple,,,,"What is Joe Bidens IQ?"
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Four pizzas, cut each one into thirds. How many pieces are there?
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Joes class is 1/3 girls, if joes class 4 girls, how big is joes class?
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i love when my youngest son who is now a engineer and understands calculus.... was second grade and we were sweating the fractions..... i cut the pies one more time and then asked if hed rather have the 3rds or fourths.... he hung his head and said id rather have them both !!! lol math class was over !! he won !
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4/1 X 3/1 is 12/1 is how i learned to do it
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Four pizzas, cut each one into thirds. How many pieces are there? I love it. Simple Easy to visualize A great teaching "tool"
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The Boy has a question on his home work that I can't seem to wrap my head around. So I will pose it to the best minds on the world wide web.
Write a word problem for 4 divided by 1/3.
Yup that's it. Sounds easy but we can't seem to word a question that makes sense and that equals 12. you and your 3 buddies are sitting around the table playing a crib , Donny brought a 12er so everyone got 3 cans , before Donny could even crack one open his old lady was screaming at him from da cell , he had to run so we divided up his cans and then we each had 4 a third of a 12er each
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"divided by 1/3" is the same as "multiplied by 3".
Flip the fraction and "divided" becomes "multiplied" and "multiplied" becomes "divided".
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"divided by 1/3" is the same as "multiplied by 3".
Flip the fraction and "divided" becomes "multiplied" and "multiplied" becomes "divided".
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