Question

Sarah has 4 flower pots. All her flower pots are the same size. She used 12 kilogram of soil when she filled all her pots with the same amount of soil.

How much soil is in each of Sarah's flower pots?

Enter your answer as a fraction in simplest form by filling in the boxes.

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kg

Answer 1

To find out how much soil is in each of Sarah's flower pots, we need to divide the total amount of soil by the number of pots.

Sarah used a total of 12 kilograms of soil for her 4 flower pots. We can calculate the amount of soil in each pot by performing the following division:

\[
\text{Soil in each pot} = \frac{\text{Total soil}}{\text{Number of pots}} = \frac{12 \text{ kg}}{4}
\]

Now, we perform the division:

\[
\frac{12}{4} = 3
\]

So, the amount of soil in each of Sarah's flower pots is 3 kilograms.

Since we need to express the answer as a fraction in simplest form, we write:

\[
\frac{3}{1}
\]

Thus, the final answer is:

\[
\boxed{\frac{3}{1}} \text{ kg}
\]