antonio has a recipe for vegetable soup. He makes 1/2 the recipe. If the recipe calls for 3 2/3 cups of water, how much water sh
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<h3>Answer: 5 cakes</h3>
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Explanation:
Let's start off converting the mixed number 12 & 1/4 to an improper fraction.
Do the same for the other mixed number 2 & 1/3.
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From here, we divide the two fractions. I converted them to improper fractions to make the division process easier.
The last step is to convert that result to a mixed number.
Note that 21/4 = 5.25 and 1/4 = 0.25 to help check the answer.
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Therefore, she can make 5 cakes. The fractional portion 1/4 is ignored since we're only considering whole cakes rather than partial ones.