Patrick has 7/10 of if flour. A batch of biscuits requires 1/8 of of flour. How many whole batches can Patrick make?
To get the number of batches Patrick can make, we'll divide the amount of flour Patrick has by the amount of flour needed for one batch.
Amount of flour Patrick has = 7/10
Amount of flour required for one batch = 1/8
We'll divide 7/10 by 1/8:
(7/10) ÷ (1/8) = (7/10) × (8/1) = 7 × 8 / 10 = 56/10 = 5 and 6/10 = 5 + 6/10.
Hence, Patrick can make 5 whole batches of biscuits.
To find out how many whole batches Patrick can make, we need to divide the amount of flour Patrick has by the amount of flour required for a single batch of biscuits.
Patrick has 7/10 of flour, and a single batch requires 1/8 of flour.
To simplify the fractions, we can convert them to a common denominator. In this case, the common denominator is 40.
7/10 is equivalent to (7*4)/(10*4), which is 28/40.
1/8 is equivalent to (1*5)/(8*5), which is 5/40.
Now we can divide 28/40 by 5/40 to find out how many whole batches Patrick can make.
(28/40) ÷ (5/40) = (28/40) * (40/5)
Cancelling out the common factor of 40, we get:
28 ÷ 5 = 5 remainder 3
Therefore, Patrick can make 5 whole batches of biscuits with 3/40 of flour remaining.
To find how many whole batches Patrick can make, we need to divide the amount of flour he has (7/10) by the amount of flour required for each batch (1/8).
Step 1: Convert the fractions to a common denominator.
The common denominator for 10 and 8 is 40.
7/10 is equivalent to 28/40 (multiply the numerator and denominator by 4).
1/8 is equivalent to 5/40 (multiply the numerator and denominator by 5).
Step 2: Divide the amount of flour Patrick has by the amount required for each batch.
28/40 ÷ 5/40 = 28/40 * 40/5 = 28/8 = 3.5
Step 3: Determine the whole number of batches.
Since we cannot have a fraction of a batch, we round down the result to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, Patrick can make 3 whole batches of biscuits with the amount of flour he has.
So, the answer is that Patrick can make 3 whole batches of biscuits.