Question

Sheila is baking a few cakes for the bake sale for her school. Each cake requires 2 ½ cups of sugar. How many cakes can she bake if she has 7 ⅓ cups of sugar?
Provide answer and explain plz

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is 2 cakes.

Step-by-step explanation:

What we know:

-Each cake requires 2 1/2 cups of sugar.

-Sheila has 7 1/3 cups of sugar.

What we need to know:

-How many cakes can Sheila make with 7 1/3 cups of sugar.

Remember:

-You must make a whole cake.

Show your work:

-I am going to convert the fraction into a decimal.

-2 1/2=2.5 and 7 1/3=7.3

-2 cakes will require 5 cups of sugar and you will remain with 2.3 cups of sugar.

-You cannot use 2.3 cups of sugar to make a cake. It must be in full.