Janet and her friends are roasting marshmallows over a campfire. They packed $3$ chocolate bars. Janet always uses $\frac{3}{5}$ of a chocolate bar to make a s'more. How many s'mores can they make with the chocolate bars? Use the model to help answer the question. Write your answer as a whole number, proper fraction, or mixed number. $\newline$ ____ s'mores

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Q. Janet and her friends are roasting marshmallows over a campfire. They packed

3

chocolate bars. Janet always uses

\frac{3}{5}

of a chocolate bar to make a s'more. How many s'mores can they make with the chocolate bars? Use the model to help answer the question. Write your answer as a whole number, proper fraction, or mixed number.

\newline

____ s'mores

Identify Chocolate Amount: Step $1$ : Identify the total amount of chocolate and the amount used per s'more. $\newline$ Total chocolate bars = $3$ $\newline$ Amount of chocolate per s'more = $\frac{3}{5}$ of a bar
Calculate Total S'mores: Step $2$ : Calculate the total number of s'mores that can be made. $\newline$ Total s'mores $=$ Total chocolate bars $\div$ Amount of chocolate per s'more $\newline$ Total s'mores $= 3 \div (3/5)$ $\newline$ Total s'mores $= 3 \times (5/3) = 5$