Question

Terry uses 3 cups of pecans to decorate the tops of 12 pecan pies. She puts an equal amount of pecans on each pie. How many cups of pecans does she put on each pie

Answer 1

12 pecan pies
3 cups of pecans

3/12 

3 ÷ 12 = 0.25

Terry put 0.25 cups of pecans on each pecan pie.