SOLUTION: Your mom purchased the vanilla you need to use for the cookies in increments of 9/10's teaspoons containers. She told you to separate one of the vanilla containers into 6 small pi

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Question 1022791: Your mom purchased the vanilla you need to use for the cookies in increments of 9/10's teaspoons containers. She told you to separate one of the vanilla containers into 6 small piles. How much of a fraction would be in each pile?
My daughter is having trouble with this one and to be honest so am I.
Thanks!
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Answer by LinnW(1048) About Me  (Show Source):
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One container contains 9/10 teaspoon
If we divide 9/10 by 6 we will have what we want.
dividing 9/10 by is the same as
%289%2F10%29+%2A+%281%2F6%29
9%2F60
Muliply the numerator and denominator by 1/3
3%2F20%7D%7D+teaspoon+in+each+pile%0D%0ANotice+that+%7B%7B%7B6%2A%283%2F20%29 = 18%2F20 = 9%2F10

Answer by MathTherapy(10555) About Me  (Show Source):
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Your mom purchased the vanilla you need to use for the cookies in increments of 9/10's teaspoons containers. She told you to separate one of the vanilla containers into 6 small piles. How much of a fraction would be in each pile?
My daughter is having trouble with this one and to be honest so am I.
Thanks!
One of the %289%2F10%29%5E%28th%29-teaspoon containers is DIVIDED into 6 piles,

so we get the fraction:  in each pile