Question

A baker uses 13 1/2 cups of flour to make bread. She uses 2 1/4 cups of flour to make each loaf. The baker sells 2/3 of the loaves of bread that she makes how many loaves of bread does the speaker sell

Answer 1

Answer:

She sells 4 loaves of bread

Step-by-step explanation:

Lets explain how to solve the problem

→ A baker uses $13\frac{1}{2}$ cups of flour to make bread

→ She uses $2\frac{1}{4}$ cups of flour to make each loaf

From these information we can find the number of loaves of bread

she can make

∵ There are $13\frac{1}{2}$ cups of flour

∵ Each loaf of bread needs $2\frac{1}{4}$ cups of flour

∴ The number of loaves = $13\frac{1}{2}$ ÷ $2\frac{1}{4}$

To divide two mixed numbers make them improper fractions and

change the division sign to multiplication sign and reciprocal the

fraction after the division sign

∵ $13\frac{1}{2}$ = $\frac{(13)(2)+1}{2}$

∴ $13\frac{1}{2}$ = $\frac{27}{2}$

∵ $2\frac{1}{4}$ = $\frac{(2)(4)+1}{4}$

∴ $2\frac{1}{4}$ = $\frac{9}{4}$

∴ The number of loaves = $\frac{27}{2}$ × $\frac{4}{9}$

∴ The number of loaves = 6

She can make 6 loaves

→ The baker sells $\frac{2}{3}$ of the loaves of bread that she makes

→ We need to find the number of loves of bread she sells

∵ She sells $\frac{2}{3}$ of the loaves

∵ There are 6 loves

∴ The number of loaves she sells = 6 × $\frac{2}{3}$ = 4

She sells 4 loaves of bread