Question

you make 60 ounces of dough for breadsticks. each breadstick requires 5/4 ounces of dough. how many breadsticks can u make

Answer 1

How many times does 5/4 go into 60?

Answer 2

0.025

Answer 3

\[\frac{60}{\frac{5}{4}}=48 \]

Answer 4

i have to turn it in turn it in to a fraction and show my work. i hate stupid word problems

Answer 5

Turning it into a fraction isn't too bad:
\[60 \rightarrow \frac{60}{1}\]
Then we have:
\[\frac{60}{1} \div \frac{5}{4} \rightarrow \frac{60}{1} \times \frac{4}{5}\]

Answer 6

i cross-multiplied and still wound up with the wrong answer

Answer 7

never mind thanks guys, i was lookin at the wrong answer in the back of the book