Question

Paula has 4 bananas. She wants to divide each of them into 1/6 sections. How many 1/6's are there in 4 bananas?

Answer 1

There are 24 1/6-banana sections in 4 bananas.

Explanation:

Here we need to divide 4 bananas into 1/6 banana sections. Dividing 4 bananas by 1/6 is equivalent to multiplying 4 bananas by 6/1:

(4)(6)

-------- = 24

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There are 24 1/6-banana sections in 4 bananas.