The cafeteria is serving pie for dessert. Each serving will be 1/8 of a pie. how many servings will they be able to make if they have 7 pies?
7 * 8 = ?
7 * 8 = 56. They will be able to make 56 servings.
To find out how many servings they can make from 7 pies, we need to divide the total number of pies by the size of each serving.
Since each serving is 1/8 of a pie, we can divide 7 by 1/8:
7 ÷ 1/8
To divide by a fraction, we need to multiply by its reciprocal:
7 ÷ 1/8 = 7 × 8/1
When multiplying fractions, we simply multiply across the numerators and denominators:
7 × 8/1 = 56/1
Simplifying the fraction, we get:
56/1 = 56
Therefore, they will be able to make 56 servings from the 7 pies.