To solve 3÷1/5, Jordan thinks about giving monkeys 1/5 of a banana each and how many monkeys he could give a banana piece to if he had 3 whole bananas.

Question

What is the quotient of 3 and 1/5?

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Answer 1

To solve the problem of dividing 3 by \( \frac{1}{5} \), we can rewrite the division as multiplication by the reciprocal. The reciprocal of \( \frac{1}{5} \) is \( 5 \).

So, we can calculate:

\[ 3 \div \frac{1}{5} = 3 \times 5 \]

Now, let's perform the multiplication:

\[ 3 \times 5 = 15 \]

Therefore, the quotient of \( 3 \) and \( \frac{1}{5} \) is \( 15 \).

The final answer is:

15