Question

Joe needs 1 2/3 cups of flour for a cake recipe. How many cakes can he make for the school carnival if he has 15 cups of flour?

Answer 1

8

Answer 2

just a little bit more he could have made 9

Answer 3

dont forget to click best response

Answer 4

so 15 divided by 1 2/3....
first step: 1 2/3= 5/3

Answer 5

15 divided by 5/3 is equal to 9

Answer 6

or if you want to do it like how i did with the windows calculator..

do 2/3

then to that answer add 1

copy that answer

type 15 / what the answer was

and you will get something like 8.9999999998

Answer 7

any questions?

Answer 8

Yeah do we do we mulitpication for step 2 to get nine

Answer 9

this is what you do:
so 15/1 times 3/5... because when you're dividing by a fraction you have to multiply by the reciprocal

Answer 10

Oh i get it thnk u i get it

Answer 11

no prob!