Question

the table shows ingredients needed to make 1 batch of fruit salad. Mr. Weakland has enough ingredients to make 2 1/2 batches of the fruit salad. Once he has combined the ingredients, he will divide it evenly among 3 different containers to take to a cookout. How many cups of fruit salad will be in each container?

Answer 1

The number of cups of fruit salad that will be in each container is; 3³/₄ cups of fruit salad

How to divide fractions?

We are given the table showing the amount of cups of each ingredient as attached.

From the table we see that;

Amount of cups of Pineapple = 2³/₄

Amount of cups of Strawberries = 2¹/₂

Amount of cups of Bananas = 1¹/₂

Amount of cups of Blueberries = 2¹/₄

Now, converting each of the given fractions to improper fractions gives;

11/4, 5/2, 3/2, 9/2

Summing up all the fractions will give us;

11/4 + 5/2 + 3/2 + 9/2

(1/4)(11 + 10 + 6 + 18) = 45/4

Now, since this total amount will be divided by 3, we will have;

45/4 ÷ 3

= 45/4 * 1/3

= 15/4 = 3³/₄ cups of fruit salad

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