A recipe that serves 6 uses 1 and 1/4 cups of flower. How many cups are needed to serve 8?
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If you want to solve for
, start by getting rid of the fraction.
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
This will get rid of the fraction on the left and give you
Now this is a regular old equation without fractions. To get by itself, you need to divide away
from both sides of the equation.
Can you finish it from there?
you would need to make 0.03 a whole number 1st, so you take the decimal point and move it 2 places, and you do that to 8.4.
Now, divide the way you would usually do. If there is a remainder, keep adding 0's until you get the answer with no remainder. If the 0 keeps going on and on just stop after 2 0's.