Derek distributed thirty pieces of apple to his friends. If each apple slice was one-eighth of an apple, how many apples did he distribute to his friends?

three and one-half

four and one-half

three and three-fourths

four and one-fourth

Question

Derek distributed thirty pieces of apple to his friends. If each apple slice was one-eighth of an apple, how many apples did he distribute to his friends?

 three and one-half

 four and one-half

 three and three-fourths

 four and one-fourth

texaschic101 · Answer

if he gave 30 pieces of an apple, and each piece is 1/8, then 30 pieces are 30 x 1/8.....can you do that ?

anonymous · Answer

No lol

anonymous · Answer

Im not good At Fractions. :I

texaschic101 · Answer

30/1 x 1/8.....just multiply straight across (30 x 1)/(1 x 8)

anonymous · Answer

38?

texaschic101 · Answer

no......(30 x 1) / (1 x 8) = 30/8
can you make 30/8 into a mixed number ?

texaschic101 · Answer

how many times does 8 go into 30 without going over ?

anonymous · Answer

Hmm

texaschic101 · Answer

let me just show you ...30/8.....8 goes into 30 three times (8 x 3 = 24)....the 3 is your whole number. Now there is a remainder of 6....the 6 is your numerator and the denominator stays the same. So now we have 3 6/8, which reduces to 3 3/4.