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marysya [2.9K]
3 years ago
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greg wants to divide a 2 and 1/2 pound block of cheese into four equal pieces. How much will each piece weigh?

Mathematics
1 answer:
Alex73 [517]3 years ago
5 0

let's firstly convert the mixed fraction to improper fraction and then divide.

\bf \stackrel{mixed}{2\frac{1}{2}}\implies \cfrac{2\cdot 2+1}{2}\implies \stackrel{improper}{\cfrac{5}{2}} \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ \cfrac{5}{2}\div 4\implies \cfrac{5}{2}\div \cfrac{4}{1}\implies \cfrac{5}{2}\cdot \cfrac{1}{4}\implies \cfrac{5}{8}

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