Errol has 8 cups of rice LEFT. His recipe needs 3/4 OF A CUP of rice. How many times can he make the recipe before he runs out of rice?
I know I should divide 8 and 3/4 and the answer is 32/3, so should I put it into a mixed number if so it would be 10 2/3, and the whole number is 10. So the answer is 10 because he can't make his recipe 1/2 it has to be a whole number?
He can only make the recipe 10 times.
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To solve this problem, you need to divide the total amount of rice (8 cups) by the amount of rice needed for each recipe (3/4 cup).
To divide mixed numbers, you can convert them to improper fractions. So, 8 cups becomes 8/1, and 3/4 becomes (3 * 1) / 4 = 3/4.
To divide fractions, you invert the divisor (the number you are dividing by) and multiply it by the dividend (the number you are dividing into). So:
(8/1) ÷ (3/4) = (8/1) * (4/3)
Multiply the numerators (8 * 4 = 32) and the denominators (1 * 3 = 3):
(32/1) / (3/3) = 32/3.
Now, let's convert the improper fraction 32/3 back into a mixed number. Dividing 32 by 3 gives you a quotient of 10 with a remainder of 2.
Therefore, Errol can make the recipe 10 times completely, with 2/3 cup of rice left over.