Basic math fractions!

Question

Joseph had 3 gallons of lemonade. He wanted to give each of his 1/8friends of a gallon. How many friends would receive lemonade?​

Answer 1

Hello,

This would be a fraction division question. There is a total of 3 gallons that needs to be split into equal groups of 1/8. This can be seen visually by drawing 3 boxes and equally splitting them in 1/8 pieces, which would show a total of 24. This means 24 friends could have lemonade.

This could also be done using the division algorithm for 3 ÷ 1/8. The 3 can be written as 3/1 because it is a whole number. The division sign turns into a multiplication sign and the reciprocal of 1/8 is 8/1. The new equation would be 3/1 x 8/1. Multiply the numerators ( the top numbers) and the product would be 3 x 8 = 24. Multiply the denominators (the bottom numbers) and the product would be 1. The final answer would be 24/1, which simplifies to 24.

Hope this helps! :)

Answer 2

3/(1/8) = 3(8) = 24

3 divided by 1/8 is the same as 3 times 8

flip the fraction upside down, change 1/8 to 8/1 and change division to multiplication

3/(1/8) = 3(8/1) = 3(8) = 24