Question

Maya has 5/6 cup of ice cream. How many 1/4-cup servings are in 5/6 cup of ice cream?

1 3/2
2 1/3
3 1/3
4 1/2

Answer 1

can anyone help me please

Answer 2

5/6 divided by 1/4

to divide fractions you invert the fraction you are dividing by then multiply
so 1/4 inverted is 4/1 or 4 so we have

5 * 4
--
6

Answer 3

= 20/6

so now you need to convert that to a mixed number

Answer 4

is the answer 3 1/3

Answer 5

you can simplify that by dividing top and bottom by 2
this gives 10/3

so the answer is 10 divided by 3

convert to a mixed number to get the correct choice

Answer 6

yes 3 1/3 is correct

3 divides into 10 3 times remainder 1
so the fraction part is 1/3

Answer 7

OK?

Answer 8

yes