Question

Cecila has 1/3 pound of trail mix that she will divide equally into 3 bags. Shade the diagram to show the fractional part of a pound that will be in each bag

Answer 1

you have to shade into 3  (1/9) parts

Answer 2

See figure attached

Explanation:

Cecilia wants to divide 1/3 pound of trail mix into 3 equal parts, that is, in each bag there will be 1/3 ÷ 3 = 1/9 pound.

In the figure attached, a shaded diagram is show. The complete rectangle refers to 1 pound. It is divided into 3 equal parts of 1/3 pound each. One of this 1/3 pound portion is, at the same time, divided into 3 parts. Each of them represents 1/9 of pound.