Kathleen made 3 bowls of chili for dinner. Before serving them, Kathleen is going to top each bowl with an equal amount of cheese. She has 1/4 of a cup of cheese. How many cups of cheese does she put in each bowl?

Question

Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number.

Answer 1

To find out how much cheese Kathleen puts in each bowl, we need to divide the total amount of cheese (1/4 cup) by the number of bowls (3).

So, we calculate:

\[ \text{Amount of cheese per bowl} = \frac{1/4 \text{ cup}}{3} \]

Dividing by 3 is the same as multiplying by the reciprocal of 3, which is \( \frac{1}{3} \):

\[ \text{Amount of cheese per bowl} = \frac{1}{4} \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{1 \times 1}{4 \times 3} = \frac{1}{12} \]

Therefore, Kathleen puts \( \frac{1}{12} \) of a cup of cheese in each bowl.