Sandro had 8 cups of cocoa. He uses 1/ 4 cup of cocoa for one batch of cookies. How many batches of cookies can she bake if she uses all the cocoa?

Question

Wimberly lives 5 6 of a mile from school. Carrie lives 3 4 as far as Wimberly. Describe how far Carrie lives from school in fraction form.

Answer 1

Well, since 1/4 of a cup is needed for one batch of cookies, then that would mean that 1 whole cup would make 4 batches of cookies because 1/4 is a quarter of a cup and there are 4 quarters in a cup. So, if 1 cup makes 4 batches of cookies, then multiply that by 8 (since he has 8 cups). 8 x 4 = 32. So, using all 8 cups of cocoa, Sandro can make 32 batches of cookies.

Answer 2

If Sandro has 8 cups of cocoa, and uses 1/4 cup of cocoa for each batch of cookies, Sandro can make 32 batches of cookies altogether.

8 divided by 1/4 = 8 x 4/1

(4/1 is the reciprocal of 1/4. When dividing whole numbers by fractions, fractions by whole numbers, or fractions by fractions, you always multiply the first number by the reciprocal of the second fractions. A reciprocal is when you flip the numerator and denominator in a fraction so that the original denominator becomes the new numerator and the original numerator becomes the new denominator in the new fraction.)

8 x 4 = 32