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?

PLEASE SHOW WORK

Answer 1

1/12 of a gallon of water in each container

Explanation:

Answer =
`(Water)/(Containers)` = 1/12

Answer 2

Oliver poured
`(1)/(12)` gallons of water in each container.

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}}`

=
`(0.5)/(6)`

=
`((1)/(2) )/(6)`

=
`(1)/(12)` gallons of water.

Therefore, in each container amount of water poured will be
`(1)/(12)` gallons.