Question

Jacob’s recipe calls for 4 7/8 cups of raisins. He has 6/11 of the amount that he needs.

About how many cups of raisins does Jacob have?

Estimate by first rounding each number to the nearest 1/2 .

A.4 cups


B.5 1/2


C.2 1/2


D.3 1/2
PLZ HELP WILL FAN AND MEDAL

Answer 1

help plz

Answer 2

my best guess would be D but im not 100% sure on that, ill tag someone that will know the answer @malcolmmcswain @the_ocean_girl

Answer 3

First we need to make 4 7/8 an improper fraction

Answer 4

ok

Answer 5

39/8

Answer 6

Ocean beat me D:

Answer 7

lol

Answer 8

do you know how to do that?

Answer 9

39/8 is my improper fraction

Answer 10

Good! Now when you divide by fractions you have to flip it and the sign. So it would be 39/8 * 11/6

Answer 11

cross multiply?

Answer 12

429/48?

Answer 13

hello?

Answer 14

@YoungStudier ocean_girl had to go do something but this person can help you

Answer 15

ok

Answer 16

i think c

Answer 17

anyone here i feel i am texting a wall

Answer 18

@malcolmmcswain

Answer 19

mal is doing his college homework young ._.

Answer 20

lol

Answer 21

i need help though its my last q

Answer 22

@ItsKoreyyy

Answer 23

i need help

Answer 24

I can try! :P Could you open this up in a new question tab?

Answer 25

dont know how

Answer 26

i think its c but i am not sure

Answer 27

hint:
your exercise can be modeled by this computation:
\[\frac{6}{{11}} \times \left( {4\frac{7}{8}} \right) = \frac{6}{{11}} \times \left( {4 + \frac{7}{8}} \right) = ...?\]

Answer 28

i got 429/48

Answer 29

is that right