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Connie made 1 1/3 pounds of trail mix for a hike. Is there a way Connie can break up the trail mix into four bags? Explain

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Yes. All she would have to do is to put 1/3 lb of trail knox in each bag. The way you solve this is simply dividing 1 1/3 by 4. You can do this by multiplying 4/3 ( 1 1/3) by the reciprocal of 4, 1/4. This leaves you with the answer or 1/3.
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Yes, because if you change 1 1/3 into an improper fraction (4/3) and then multiply by causing 4 (as in the 4 bags) to become its reciprocal form (1/4), you can solve the problem and find out that each bag can hold 1/3 of the trail mix.

Another way to solve this is by drawing a rectangle, dividing it into 4ths and writing that each divided section represents 1/3. 4 1/3s = 1 1/3.