Colin uses
2/3
cup of vegetable oil in each cake that he makes for his father's bakery. If Colin made 8 cakes, how much oil did Colin use in all?
8 * 2 / 3 = 16/3 = (15/3 + 1/3) = 5 1/3
To find out how much oil Colin used in all, we need to multiply the amount of oil he uses for one cake by the number of cakes he made.
First, we can find the amount of oil Colin uses for one cake by multiplying 2/3 by the number of cakes:
2/3 cup of oil * 8 cakes = (2/3) * 8 = 16/3 cup of oil
Now, let's simplify the answer:
16/3 cup of oil = 5 1/3 cups of oil
Therefore, Colin used 5 1/3 cups of oil in all for the 8 cakes.