Kathleen's mother has made popcorn for family movie night. Kathleen serves herself a large bowl of popcorn and serves her brothers smaller bowls of popcorn. "Wait!" says her mother. "Make sure everyone gets the same amount of popcorn." So, Kathleen divides the popcorn into 3 equal-sized bowls. She pours melted butter over 1 of the bowls.What fraction of the popcorn has melted butter on it?____ /____
Q. Kathleen's mother has made popcorn for family movie night. Kathleen serves herself a large bowl of popcorn and serves her brothers smaller bowls of popcorn. "Wait!" says her mother. "Make sure everyone gets the same amount of popcorn." So, Kathleen divides the popcorn into 3 equal-sized bowls. She pours melted butter over 1 of the bowls.What fraction of the popcorn has melted butter on it?____ /____
Dividing Popcorn: Kathleen divides the popcorn into 3 equal-sized bowls. To find the fraction of popcorn with melted butter, we consider the number of bowls with butter versus the total number of bowls.
Pouring Melted Butter: She pours melted butter over 1 of the bowls. There are 3 bowls in total. So, the fraction of the popcorn that has melted butter on it is 1 out of 3, written as 31.
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