Question

A can contains 15/16 pound of vegetables. One serving of these vegetables weighs 1/4 pound. What is the total number of servings of vegetables in the can?

Answer 1

There are 3 and 3/4 servings in the can of vegetables.

All we need to do is divide the total weight of the cans by the amount in each serving.

15/16 divided by 1/4 means we multiply 15/16 by 4/1

This will give us 60/16 which reduces to 15/4 and finally to 3 and 3/4.

Answer 2

Answer:

There are $3\frac{3}{4}$ servings of vegetables in the can.

Step-by-step explanation:

A can contains vegetables = $\frac{15}{16}$ pounds

One serving serving of the vegetables weighs = $\frac{1}{4}$ pounds

Let total number of servings of the vegetable in the can are = x

Then vegetables in x servings = $(\frac{1}{4})x$

Vegetables in x servings are equal to the total amount of vegetables in the can

Therefore, $\frac{1}{4}x=\frac{15}{16}$

Now we multiply this equation by 4

x = $\frac{15\times 4}{16}$

  = $\frac{15}{4}$

  = $3\frac{3}{4}$

Therefore, there are $3\frac{3}{4}$ servings of vegetables in the can.