Question

A container holds 2
3
gallon of apple juice. If four people from the cross-country track team share the juice equally, how much juice will each team member get?

You would
to solve this problem.
Each runner will get
gallon of apple juice.

Answer 1

To solve this problem, you need to divide the total amount of apple juice by the number of people sharing it.

1. You start with \( \frac{2}{3} \) gallon of apple juice.
2. There are 4 people sharing the juice.

To find out how much each person will get, you need to divide \( \frac{2}{3} \) by 4:

\[
\frac{2}{3} \div 4 = \frac{2}{3} \times \frac{1}{4} = \frac{2 \times 1}{3 \times 4} = \frac{2}{12} = \frac{1}{6}
\]

Each runner will get \( \frac{1}{6} \) gallon of apple juice.