Question

Oliver has 0.5 of a gallon of water. He pours all of the water into 6 containers. If he pours the same amount of water into each container, how many gallons of water does Oliver pour into each container?
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Answer 1

Answer:

1/12 of a gallon of water in each container

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer = $\frac{Water}{Containers}$ = 1/12

Answer 2

Answer:

Oliver poured $\frac{1}{12}$ gallons of water in each container.

Step-by-step explanation:

Oliver has the amount of water = 0.5 gallons.

He pours all of the water into 6 containers.

So amount of water in each container will be = $\frac{\text{Total amount of water}}{\text{Number of containers}}$

= $\frac{0.5}{6}$

= $\frac{\frac{1}{2} }{6}$

= $\frac{1}{12}$ gallons of water.

Therefore, in each container amount of water poured will be $\frac{1}{12}$ gallons.