A baker is making croissants. He has 18 pounds of dough. Each croissant is made from 1/6 pounds of dough. How many croissants can he make? *
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To determine how many croissants the baker can make, we need to divide the total amount of dough by the amount of dough needed for each croissant.
Given that each croissant requires 1/6 pounds of dough and the baker has 18 pounds of dough, we can set up the following equation:
18 pounds ÷ 1/6 pounds/croissant
To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by the reciprocal of the fraction:
18 pounds × 6/1 pounds/croissant
Using multiplication, the equation becomes:
(18 × 6) pounds ÷ 1 pounds/croissant
Simplifying the multiplication:
108 pounds ÷ 1 pounds/croissant
Finally, simplifying the division:
108 croissants
Therefore, the baker can make 108 croissants.
To find out how many croissants the baker can make, we need to divide the total amount of dough by the amount of dough required to make one croissant.
First, let's convert the fraction 1/6 into a decimal. We divide 1 by 6: 1 ÷ 6 = 0.1667 (rounded to four decimal places).
Now, we can calculate the number of croissants by dividing the total amount of dough by the amount of dough required for one croissant.
18 pounds ÷ 0.1667 pounds = 108.0036 (rounded to four decimal places).
The baker can make approximately 108 croissants from 18 pounds of dough.