Question

A box of ground nutmeg weighs 1 1/3 ounce. If there are 20 teaspoons of nutmeg in the box, how much does one teaspoon of nutmeg weigh?

1) 1/15 ounce
2) 1/20 ounce
3) 1/60 ounce
4) 4/3 ounce

Answer 1

i guess the box weighs nothing?

Answer 2

i think this is a lame attempt at a word problem asking you to divide \(1\tfrac{1}{3}\) by \(20\)

Answer 3

i.e. compute
\[1\tfrac{1}{3}\div 20=\frac{4}{3}\div 20=\frac{4}{3\times 20}=\frac{1}{3\times 5}\]

Answer 4

This is not helping me...

Answer 5

your job is to divide \[1\tfrac{1}{3}\] by \(20\)
do you know how to do it?

Answer 6

No

Answer 7

I Dont Have A calculator at hand atm.

Answer 8

first step it to change the mixed number \(1\tfrac{1}{3}\) to an improper fraction
do you know how to do that?

Answer 9

i think the point is to learn how to do this without a calculator

of course since you are on a computer you have an unlimited amount of on line calculators you can use, but since you are working with fractions the idea is to learn how to divide a mixed number by a whole number

Answer 10

can you turn \[1\tfrac{1}{3}\] into an improper fraction?

Answer 11

How did you come up with 1 over 3x5 satellite73?