Question

A baker has 5 1/4 pies in her shop. She cut the pies in pieces that are each 1/8 of a whole pie

Answer 1

How many pieces of pie does she have?

Answer 2

@mayankdevnani

Answer 3

is it

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

it would be 5 and 1/4 divided by 8, i think

Answer 6

no, divided by 1/8!! sorry

Answer 7

5 and 1/4 would be 21/4
and this divided by 1/8 would actually be
21/4 * 8 = 42

can anyone confirm this??

Answer 8

in one pie, you'd have 8 pieces so for 5 pieces it's gonna be 40
the 1/4 remaining will be cut in 2 to get 1/8
adding that up, you do get 42

Answer 9

thx

Answer 10

@dramaqueen1201 Great explanation!

Answer 11

@mathstudent55 thank you!