Mike has 5 packs of gum with 6 pieces in each pack. he gave out 27 pieces of gum at school. draw the packs of gum, write the fraction of pieces handed out,, and the unit fraction of pack of gum.

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jdoe0001 · Answer

so... how many gums are in total on all packs?

anonymous · Answer

6?

anonymous · Answer

oh! nvm

jdoe0001 · Answer

well  there are 6 in EACH pack, yes
but
what about in total?

anonymous · Answer

the total what

anonymous · Answer

30

jdoe0001 · Answer

well, he has 5 packs of 6 pieces each
what would be the total of gum pieces 

right it'd be 30

jdoe0001 · Answer

so he handed out 27 of those 30 pieces, that is, he handed out $\bf \cfrac{27}{30}$
of the total, that's how many, in fraction, he gave out

jdoe0001 · Answer

now
the unit fraction for each pack of gum
or
how much each pack "gave independently" to those $\cfrac{27}{30}$

since a pack has 6 gums in it, then we'd want to know how much is $\cfrac{27}{30}$ of 6

well.   what's $\cfrac{27}{30}$ of 6?    $\bf \cfrac{27}{30}\cdot 6$

anonymous · Answer

so 5.4?

anonymous · Answer

@jdoe0001

jdoe0001 · Answer

5.4  yes, if you want the decimal value
but I think you're expected to leave it as fraction

anonymous · Answer

well i have to find the unit fraction...
and sorry i took soo long! i had to clean my room

anonymous · Answer

@jdoe0001