you make 3 2/5 cups of gravy. if you have 4 people over for thanksgiving, how much gravy can each person have?
You are dividing the gravy up. You may want to make the mixed fraction to improper... that is 3 and 2/5 is 17/5 then you want to know how much each person will get
17/5 divided by 4
Which can also be represented as a multiplication of 1/4
17/5 x 1/4
or 17/20 per person.
(17/5) /4 = (17/5) * 1/4 = 17/20
How much easier to use decimals.
3.4 / 4 = 0.85
thank you!
To find out how much gravy each person can have when you make 3 2/5 cups of gravy and have 4 people over for Thanksgiving, you need to divide the total amount of gravy by the number of people.
To express 3 2/5 as a fraction, we can convert the mixed number to an improper fraction.
First, multiply the whole number (3) by the denominator (5) and add the numerator (2):
3 * 5 + 2 = 15 + 2 = 17
Now, write the sum (17) as the numerator of the fraction, with the denominator (5):
17/5
To divide this fraction by 4, multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator:
17/5 รท 4 = 17/5 * 1/4 = (17/5) * (1/4) = 17/20
Therefore, each person can have 17/20 cups of gravy.