Question

A baker has 5 1/4 pies in her shop. She cut the pies in pieces that are each 1/8 of a whole pie.

Answer 1

Knowing that 1 = 8/8
this means 5 = 40/8
1/4 = 2/8

add 40/8 + 2/8 to get 42/8

this means she will have 42 pieces of pie

Answer 2

Answer:

42  pieces of pie a baker have .

Step-by-step explanation:

As given

$A\ baker\ has\ 5 \frac{1}{4}\ pies\ in\ her\ shop.$

i.e

$A\ baker\ has\ \frac{21}{4}\ pies\ in\ her\ shop.$

$She\ cut\ the\ pies\ in\ pieces\ that\ are\ each\ \frac{1}{8}\ of\ a\ whole\ pie.$

Than the equation becomes

Let us assume that the number of  pieces of pie a baker have = x

$\frac{21}{4} = \frac{1\times x}{8}$

Simplify the above

$\frac{21\times 8}{4} = x$

$21\times 2 = x$

42 = x

Therefore 42  pieces of pie a baker have .