Question

if there is 8 bags of trail mix and each bag contains 3 and 1/2 and it is shared among 12 hikers how many cups of trail mix will each receive

Answer 1

$3 \frac{1}{2} = \frac{7}{2}$

$\frac{7}{2} \times 8 = 28$

$\frac{28}{12} = \frac{14}{6} = \frac{7}{3} = 2 \frac{1}{3}$

So each hiker gets 2 1/3 cup of trail mix.