Question

Mr.king picked up tomatoes from his garden and got 21 cups of chopped tomatoes. he used 5 1/2 cups of the tomatoes to make spagatti. he also used 2 1/4 cups of the tomatoes to make chilii. he seprated the remaining chopped tomatoes into 2 equals portions and froze them. how many cups of tomatoes were in each portion that he froze?
ANSEWERS AVALIABLE
A, 3 7/8 C, 13 1/4
B, 5 5/8 D, 6 5/8

Answer 1

Start with 21 cups , substract 5.5 (5 and one half) , 2.25( 2 and one fourth), and then divide by two (divided into 2 equal portions) and the result is 6.625 and if you divide the options as an improper fraction, you'll get 6 and five eights... so your answer is D.