A: Andrew has 45 bricks and he uses 1/3 of them to build his house. He then divides the amount of bricks he has by 1/6 for his friend to have to build his shed. He all together needs to buy 272 bricks.
B:I honest to God don't know what that would be
C:45 is the number of bricks Andrew currently has. He only needs 1/3 of them and he needs 1/6 of that for his friend
part a: Anna works at a bakery and has 272 cake orders for this month. So far, she has only completed 1/6 of the orders; she has only completed 45 1/3 of the 272 orders.
part b: 272 x 1/6 = 45 1/3
part c: -272 is the solution/“whole” of the number sentence -45 1/3 is 1/6 of 272 -1/6 of 272 is 45 1/3, but in the original equation, when dividing a fraction it’s more like multiplying; 1/6 being divided represents the missing part of the whole.
you can use the answer from part a as an example to further explain this: 272: total of cake orders 45 1/3: completed amount of cake orders; equal to 1/6 of 272 1/6: represents the completion status of cake orders; 1/6 of the 272 cake orders is 45 1/3, but in the original equation since it’s being divided, making it 6/1, it represents the incomplete cake orders.
i hope this helps:) if you have any further questions feel free to comment!
