Question

Haley has 3 3/8 cups of sugar to make pies. If each pie uses 2 1/4 cups of sugar, how many pies can she make?

Answer 1

Answer:

With 3 3/8 cups of sugar Haley can make one and a half  pie.

Step-by-step explanation:

The amount of sugar required to make each pie  =   2 1/4 cup

Now,  $2 \frac{1}{4} = 2 + \frac{1}{4} = 2 + 0.25 = 2.25$

So, Haley uses 2.25 cup of sugar foe  each pie.

Total cups of Sugar Haley has = 3 3/8 cups.

Now,  $3 \frac{3}{8} = 3 + \frac{3}{8} = 3 + 0.375 = 3.375$

So, the total amount of sugar Haley has  is 3.375 cups.

Now, $\textrm{Number of pies she can make} = \frac{\textrm{Total cups of sugar she has}}{\textrm{Cups of sugar required for each cake}}$

= $\frac{3.375}{2.25} =1.5$

or the number of  pies she can make  =  1.5

Hence, with 3 3/8 cups of sugar Haley can Make 1 1/2 pie.